Journalists Who Cover Digital Authoritarianism

Behnam Amini

Washington, United States of America

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Behnam Amini is a journalist based in Washington, United States of America.

Helia Asgari

Tehran, Iran

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Journalist & Researcher | Digital Politics, Iran & Middle East | Social Movements, Activism, Online Culture
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I am an experienced journalist and researcher specializing in the intersection of digital communication, political participation، and social movements. With a strong background in ...

Kudzai Chimhangwa

Harare, Zimbabwe

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Kudzai Chimhangwa is an independent journalist. I regularly travel to Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana, Malawi and South Africa in pursuit of news assignments. I have worked as a staff reporter in Namibia and Zimbabwe for independent publications and been freelancing thereafter for 7 years. ...

Nithin Coca

Kyoto, Japan

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Nithin Coca is a freelance journalist who focuses on social and economic issues in developing countries, and has specific expertise in Southeast Asia. He is based partly in San Francisco, CA, Kyoto, Japan, and Jakarta, Indonesia.

Coca's feature and news pieces have appeared in global media ...

Zarif Faiaz

Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Journalist and writer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Appeared in The Diplomat, Al Jazeera, The Daily Star, Dhaka Tribune.

Researcher, Tech Policy Fellow, Tech Global Institute.

Topics covered: Politics, Technology, Policy, History, Culture.

Peter Guest

Singapore, Singapore

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Peter Guest is a writer, editor, producer and photographer, based in Southeast Asia. His work has appeared in Nikkei Asian Review, the Atlantic, Newsweek, the Financial Times, Wired, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal and others. He has reported from more than 40 countries across five continents,...

Valerie Hopkins

Budapest, Hungary

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Valerie Hopkins is currently the South-East Europe Correspondent for the Financial Times, where she covers the region out of Budapest. She has more than ten years of experience working in South-Eastern Europe. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian The Atlantic, The Washington ...

Meir Javedanfar

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

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Meir Javedanfar is a journalist based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Alfonso Kasongo

Lusaka, Zambia

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Alfonso Kasongo is an award winning journalist based in Lusaka, Zambia with more than 6 years of experience in print,online and TV.
Alfonso, has great passion in environmental, climate change, science ( biotechnology) and agroecology.
He has skills in news gathering, writing dissemination, news ...

Veneranda Langa

Harare, Zimbabwe

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Veneranda Langa is a multi award winning journalist based in Harare, Zimbabwe.  I have published with The Africa Report, NewsDay and The Standard writing mostly features.  I am good at writing political, business, mining, environment, health and gender news.  Qualifications include a Master's ...

Wellington Muzengeza

Nairobi, Kenya

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I am an independent journalist and political-risk analyst specialising in African digital sovereignty, strategic infrastructure and critical minerals. I am the founder of Built Africa, a Research Fellow at the Africa Centre for Critical Minerals and Energy Transition (ACCET), and author of The ...

Magdaléna Rojo

Oaxaca, Mexico

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~ I am an internationally published, freelance multimedia journalist. I cover global issues and human rights, focusing mostly on women, indigenous peoples, migration, climate crisis, and the intersection of all these. I have been working from the Global South countries for the past ten years. I ...

Elvis Takahashi Mantello

Athens, Greece

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Elvis is a freelance journalist covering social conflict, and crisis. Based in Athens, Greece, he reports on political movements, working-class communities and the forces shaping their daily lives. He combines investigative reporting with on-the-ground photography, often working on breaking news as ...

Lara Westra

Oxford, United Kingdom

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I analyse how shifts in political power, foreign policy and capital flows, and everything in between, create risks and opportunities for companies, investors, and institutions operating across borders.

My focus areas: regulatory compliance, security, and emerging technology.

Region: EMEA

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Samuel Woodhams

London, United Kingdom

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Samuel Woodhams is a Researcher at the digital rights group and VPN comparison website, Top10VPN. Based in London, United Kingdom, he writes at the intersection of technology and politics, with a particular focus on internet shutdowns, digital rights and disinformation. His work has been featured ...

Cyril Zenda

Harare, Zimbabwe

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Cyril Zenda is an African freelance journalist based in Harare, Zimbabwe. His work, which covers southern Africa and focuses on development, social justice, human rights, climate change and the environment, has appeared in several international publications such as TRT World Magazine, African ...