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Want to stay up to date with all the latest news in a particular country? You can use our large directory of national media outlets.

Alternative Media

Counter the growing domination of corporate media by reviewing our selection of independent and alternative media outlets around the world.

Corporate Media

Find resources on the global media giants increasingly consolidating their dominance over the news consumed by citizens across the world.

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Investigative Journalism

Investigative journalists are dedicated people who spend several months, years or even their whole life investigating hidden or misunderstood issues in order to make them available to the general public. The work they do, which can be a risk to their lives, is essential for democracy to exist.

Investigative Journalism

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FREE Julian Assange

Founder of WikiLeaks, Assange as a journalist revealed international human rights abuses, war crimes and corruption. In April 2019, Assange's asylum was withdrawn by Ecuador leading to his arrest by the UK police. He has been accused of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 in the USA and faces extradition and lifelong incarceration. On 20 April 2022, a judge formally approved the extradition of Assange to the US and referred the decision to the Home Secretary Priti Patel. Julian Assange who married his partner Stella Moris recently is currently in HM Prison Belmarsh in London where he has been isolated and in apparent ill health.

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Positive News

Every day we are flowed with bad news, we see negative things happening worldwide, and that can make us feel depressed, but we must remember that good things are also happening all over the world! Check our source of good news for an inspirational boost.

Positive News

Fake News

It has become one of the newest and greatest threats to democracy, this type of tabloid journalism, deliberately disseminates false information with the intention of diverting attention from an important issue to a false one to create confusion in the audience.

Fake News

Reality Winner

Winner printed classified US intelligence documents and mailed them to The Intercept, providing evidence that Russian hackers attacked the US voting system in the 2016 election. Winner was subsequently arrested and pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years and three months in prison for disclosing government information to the media. In a step towards his release, in June, Winner was released from federal prison to a halfway house, although this was applauded, his supporters continue to demand a pardon from President Biden.

Reality Winner

Human Connection

Social networks have become a big part of our daily lives. Imagine if we could turn them into a tool for positive change. Human Connection is an alternative social media, that wants to create a platform for knowledge and organize actions to face the problems of todays world. Find here how to support this unique initiative - now called ocelot.social.

Human Connection

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Julian Assange

Julian Assange is the founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks. It was created to share confidential information to everyone. His arrest on April 12th is an attack on the freedom of the press and liberty of opinion.

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Investigative Journalism

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists is a global network of more than 190 investigative journalists, in more than 65 countries, who collaborate on in-depth investigative stories.

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Transnational Foundation

TFF is a volunteer-based pro-peace global network. Acting as an independent think tank, it achieves to bring peace to conflict regions through peaceful means such as on-the-ground research, active listening, education and advocacy.