In vier Einzelpräsentationen berichten die ehemaligen Teilnehmer*innen des Berliner Stipendienprogramms Joëlle-Marie Declercq aus Brasilien, Jonathan Dagher aus dem Libanon, Adnan Aamir aus Pakistan und Sofia Mapuranga aus Simbabwe über die schwierige Lage der Pressefreiheit in ihren Ländern und erläutern, mit welchen Strategien und Tools sie sich seit ihrer Rückkehr in ihrer journalistischen Praxis gegen Bedrohungen aus dem digitalen Raum wehren.
Marie Declercq is a Brazilian journalist covering gender and youth issues in her country. She faced doxxing attacks as well as hate speech on social media after reporting far-right groups spreading hate through social media. In her talk, she explains the how she is dealing with these threats and what the right-wing government means for independent journalism.
Even in Zimbabwe's post Mugabe era journalists are facing massive repressions and censorship. One of the few independent media outlets is London-based ZimEye. For ZimEye, Secure communication is crucial as the identities of correspondents and their source insides Zimbabwe have to be protected. In her talk, Sofia will give an overview about the digital threats to independent journalism and the possible counter-measures.
The Digital Helpdesk is the new interactive training tool by RSF threatened journalists can use to get informed independently on topics such as encryption, anonymization, account security and reacting professionally to hate speech and fake news.Benjamin Güldenring from RSF Germany will explain, what practical use the Digital Helpdesk has for journalists who are not IT-spezialistsbut want to improve their digital security nevertheless.
Am Abend nach der Konferenz laden wir zur Jubiläumsveranstaltung des ROG Nothilfereferats ein. Journalist*innen im Exil geben dort einen Einblick in ihre Erfahrungen und diskutieren mit Medienvertreter*innen zum Thema „Nach der Flucht – Perspektiven für Journalist*innen in Deutschland“.
