Attempts at intimidation delivers the biggest boost in journalism funding

New research on European content consumption, a deep dive into Tangle's growth strategy, the Atlantic going free for high schools and 18 active calls.

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Attempts at intimidation delivers the biggest boost in journalism funding

Working in and around independent media in Central and Eastern Europe can sometimes feel like living 1984, or something close to it. Someone read that book and mistook it for a practical guide, trying to implement various chapters. It can be quite disheartening.

But today is not one of those days.

Today is the day I can tell you about how the Hungarian government's spring offensive against independent media resulted in record-breaking financial support for the very newsrooms the regime tried to i…