Project Oasis
@projectoasis.bsky.social
Project Oasis is a research effort to map independent digital media organizations, news creators and publishers-in-exile across 68 countries.
Led by SembraMedia and supported by Google News Initiative.
Led by SembraMedia and supported by Google News Initiative.
🌎 Planning to attend the Global Investigative Journalism Conference? #GIJC25
The 14th global conference will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Nov. 20-24, and expects more than 1,500 journalists from 100+ countries and territories 👇
The 14th global conference will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Nov. 20-24, and expects more than 1,500 journalists from 100+ countries and territories 👇
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🌎 Planning to attend the Global Investigative Journalism Conference? #GIJC25
The 14th global conference will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Nov. 20-24, and expects more than 1,500 journalists from 100+ countries and territories 👇
The 14th global conference will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Nov. 20-24, and expects more than 1,500 journalists from 100+ countries and territories 👇
Leyla Mustafayeva, founder of Qazetci; Jessica Castro Burunate, editor of El Toque; and Jimena Aguilar, founder and executive director of Alharaca; will come together to share how they are tackling these challenges and innovating new ways of producing journalism from exile.
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Leyla Mustafayeva, founder of Qazetci; Jessica Castro Burunate, editor of El Toque; and Jimena Aguilar, founder and executive director of Alharaca; will come together to share how they are tackling these challenges and innovating new ways of producing journalism from exile.
💻 Don’t miss this webinar tomorrow!
Repression by authoritarian governments has pushed many media outlets into exile, where they must navigate legal hurdles, financial instability, dispersed teams, and shrinking audiences 👇
Repression by authoritarian governments has pushed many media outlets into exile, where they must navigate legal hurdles, financial instability, dispersed teams, and shrinking audiences 👇
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
💻 Don’t miss this webinar tomorrow!
Repression by authoritarian governments has pushed many media outlets into exile, where they must navigate legal hurdles, financial instability, dispersed teams, and shrinking audiences 👇
Repression by authoritarian governments has pushed many media outlets into exile, where they must navigate legal hurdles, financial instability, dispersed teams, and shrinking audiences 👇
💻 Join our webinar about exile and journalism tomorrow!
Repression by authoritarian governments has pushed many media outlets into exile, where they must navigate legal hurdles, financial instability, dispersed teams, and shrinking audiences 👇
Repression by authoritarian governments has pushed many media outlets into exile, where they must navigate legal hurdles, financial instability, dispersed teams, and shrinking audiences 👇
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
💻 Join our webinar about exile and journalism tomorrow!
Repression by authoritarian governments has pushed many media outlets into exile, where they must navigate legal hurdles, financial instability, dispersed teams, and shrinking audiences 👇
Repression by authoritarian governments has pushed many media outlets into exile, where they must navigate legal hurdles, financial instability, dispersed teams, and shrinking audiences 👇
📖✨ SembraMedia celebrates 10 years strengthening independent digital journalism
The 2024–2025 Annual Report is now available: achievements, lessons, and the challenges ahead to continue supporting media in Latin America and around the world.
Read it here 👉 bit.ly/ARSMen
The 2024–2025 Annual Report is now available: achievements, lessons, and the challenges ahead to continue supporting media in Latin America and around the world.
Read it here 👉 bit.ly/ARSMen
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
📖✨ SembraMedia celebrates 10 years strengthening independent digital journalism
The 2024–2025 Annual Report is now available: achievements, lessons, and the challenges ahead to continue supporting media in Latin America and around the world.
Read it here 👉 bit.ly/ARSMen
The 2024–2025 Annual Report is now available: achievements, lessons, and the challenges ahead to continue supporting media in Latin America and around the world.
Read it here 👉 bit.ly/ARSMen
💡 Get inspired in this online event by @sembramedia.org and @elsurti.com 👇
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
💡 Get inspired in this online event by @sembramedia.org and @elsurti.com 👇
Missed the 2025 Mental Health in Journalism Summit? 🎥 All session recordings are now available on the The Self-Investigation Academy!
Catch inspiring talks on resilience, newsroom mental health, and industry challenges 👉 bit.ly/MHJS25-recor...
#MHJS25 #JournalismHealth #Resilience
Catch inspiring talks on resilience, newsroom mental health, and industry challenges 👉 bit.ly/MHJS25-recor...
#MHJS25 #JournalismHealth #Resilience
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Missed the 2025 Mental Health in Journalism Summit? 🎥 All session recordings are now available on the The Self-Investigation Academy!
Catch inspiring talks on resilience, newsroom mental health, and industry challenges 👉 bit.ly/MHJS25-recor...
#MHJS25 #JournalismHealth #Resilience
Catch inspiring talks on resilience, newsroom mental health, and industry challenges 👉 bit.ly/MHJS25-recor...
#MHJS25 #JournalismHealth #Resilience
📩 Whether you’re a seasoned industry leader, contemplating the launch of a new media organization, looking for opportunities, or keen on investing in quality journalism, #SustainableConnections is for you.
Subscribe to the newsletter here! 👉 bit.ly/48knuXc
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July 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
📩 Whether you’re a seasoned industry leader, contemplating the launch of a new media organization, looking for opportunities, or keen on investing in quality journalism, #SustainableConnections is for you.
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🗨️ @markomiletic.bsky.social, co-founder and editor-in-chief, explains that as a media outlet that emerged from an activist background, they try to serve the public interest—”which for us means representing social groups excluded from mainstream media.”
June 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🗨️ @markomiletic.bsky.social, co-founder and editor-in-chief, explains that as a media outlet that emerged from an activist background, they try to serve the public interest—”which for us means representing social groups excluded from mainstream media.”
📩🇷🇸 The last edition of Sustainable Connections explores the work of Mašina, a media organization based in Belgrade that has been accompanying the student movement in Serbia since it began 7 months ago 👇
June 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
📩🇷🇸 The last edition of Sustainable Connections explores the work of Mašina, a media organization based in Belgrade that has been accompanying the student movement in Serbia since it began 7 months ago 👇
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May 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Priti founded the newsletter during the pandemic and was hoping to take things slower in 2025, but with the seismic changes in international health and development funding, the media outlet’s reporting has become a key source of insight for stakeholders navigating the global health ecosystem.
May 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Priti founded the newsletter during the pandemic and was hoping to take things slower in 2025, but with the seismic changes in international health and development funding, the media outlet’s reporting has become a key source of insight for stakeholders navigating the global health ecosystem.
📩 In the last edition of Sustainable Connections we learn about @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social, a newsletter focused on global health, from its founder, @pritipatnaik.bsky.social 👇
May 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
📩 In the last edition of Sustainable Connections we learn about @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social, a newsletter focused on global health, from its founder, @pritipatnaik.bsky.social 👇
📩 Sustainable Connections is a newsletter about the world of independent digital native media.
Whether you’re an industry leader, contemplating the launch of a new media organization, looking for opportunities, or keen on investing in quality journalism, this newsletter is for you! 👉 bit.ly/48knuXc
Whether you’re an industry leader, contemplating the launch of a new media organization, looking for opportunities, or keen on investing in quality journalism, this newsletter is for you! 👉 bit.ly/48knuXc
April 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
📩 Sustainable Connections is a newsletter about the world of independent digital native media.
Whether you’re an industry leader, contemplating the launch of a new media organization, looking for opportunities, or keen on investing in quality journalism, this newsletter is for you! 👉 bit.ly/48knuXc
Whether you’re an industry leader, contemplating the launch of a new media organization, looking for opportunities, or keen on investing in quality journalism, this newsletter is for you! 👉 bit.ly/48knuXc
“There are also different correlations, for example, team structure and roles. The most substantial difference is that those with people in sales, technology, and business roles earn six times more than those who don’t have these roles.”
April 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“There are also different correlations, for example, team structure and roles. The most substantial difference is that those with people in sales, technology, and business roles earn six times more than those who don’t have these roles.”
“Some insights related to revenue: most of the organizations in our directory are non-profit, around 50% of them, though for-profit organizations tend to earn more on average.”
April 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“Some insights related to revenue: most of the organizations in our directory are non-profit, around 50% of them, though for-profit organizations tend to earn more on average.”
Question: What are the struggles of independent media?
Lela shared an example of Mašina, a media outlet from Serbia covering the largest student protests in the country’s history, with universities and high schools blocked nationwide.
Lela shared an example of Mašina, a media outlet from Serbia covering the largest student protests in the country’s history, with universities and high schools blocked nationwide.
April 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Question: What are the struggles of independent media?
Lela shared an example of Mašina, a media outlet from Serbia covering the largest student protests in the country’s history, with universities and high schools blocked nationwide.
Lela shared an example of Mašina, a media outlet from Serbia covering the largest student protests in the country’s history, with universities and high schools blocked nationwide.
“Based on their answers, we extracted the data, analyzed it, and produced insights about correlations between revenue and team structure, among other findings that I’ll share more about later.”
April 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“Based on their answers, we extracted the data, analyzed it, and produced insights about correlations between revenue and team structure, among other findings that I’ll share more about later.”
How was this research done?
"I really have to give credit to our researchers. We had a stellar team of national researchers for each of these 44 countries, who conducted in-depth interviews with the media founders of the selected media organizations."
"I really have to give credit to our researchers. We had a stellar team of national researchers for each of these 44 countries, who conducted in-depth interviews with the media founders of the selected media organizations."
April 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
How was this research done?
"I really have to give credit to our researchers. We had a stellar team of national researchers for each of these 44 countries, who conducted in-depth interviews with the media founders of the selected media organizations."
"I really have to give credit to our researchers. We had a stellar team of national researchers for each of these 44 countries, who conducted in-depth interviews with the media founders of the selected media organizations."
We are in Perugia for #IJF25! 🇮🇹
Join the panel “Collaboration Beyond Content: Strengthening Independent Journalism” and hear from Lela Vujanic, our Research Manager for Central and Eastern Europe at Project Oasis.
🎥 Watch the full panel: bit.ly/43SsnIc
👇 Some highlights from Lela’s remarks
Join the panel “Collaboration Beyond Content: Strengthening Independent Journalism” and hear from Lela Vujanic, our Research Manager for Central and Eastern Europe at Project Oasis.
🎥 Watch the full panel: bit.ly/43SsnIc
👇 Some highlights from Lela’s remarks
April 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We are in Perugia for #IJF25! 🇮🇹
Join the panel “Collaboration Beyond Content: Strengthening Independent Journalism” and hear from Lela Vujanic, our Research Manager for Central and Eastern Europe at Project Oasis.
🎥 Watch the full panel: bit.ly/43SsnIc
👇 Some highlights from Lela’s remarks
Join the panel “Collaboration Beyond Content: Strengthening Independent Journalism” and hear from Lela Vujanic, our Research Manager for Central and Eastern Europe at Project Oasis.
🎥 Watch the full panel: bit.ly/43SsnIc
👇 Some highlights from Lela’s remarks
🌎📌 Must-see panel at the @journalismfestival.com! #ijf25
@sannebreimer.bsky.social will discuss how journalism ethics are evolving in the age of influencers and fragmented audiences.
🗓️ Tomorrow 12/04 at 16:00 (GMT+2).
Join in person or online 👉 bit.ly/4i0vbpX
@sannebreimer.bsky.social will discuss how journalism ethics are evolving in the age of influencers and fragmented audiences.
🗓️ Tomorrow 12/04 at 16:00 (GMT+2).
Join in person or online 👉 bit.ly/4i0vbpX
April 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🌎📌 Must-see panel at the @journalismfestival.com! #ijf25
@sannebreimer.bsky.social will discuss how journalism ethics are evolving in the age of influencers and fragmented audiences.
🗓️ Tomorrow 12/04 at 16:00 (GMT+2).
Join in person or online 👉 bit.ly/4i0vbpX
@sannebreimer.bsky.social will discuss how journalism ethics are evolving in the age of influencers and fragmented audiences.
🗓️ Tomorrow 12/04 at 16:00 (GMT+2).
Join in person or online 👉 bit.ly/4i0vbpX
🗓️ Tomorrow at the @journalismfestival.com in Perugia! #ijf25
Lela Vujanic will share how digital native media are filling news deserts, reconnecting with disillusioned audiences, and building new ways to share essential information.
Want to join?
Do it in person or online! 👉 bit.ly/3YbgEjY
Lela Vujanic will share how digital native media are filling news deserts, reconnecting with disillusioned audiences, and building new ways to share essential information.
Want to join?
Do it in person or online! 👉 bit.ly/3YbgEjY
April 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🗓️ Tomorrow at the @journalismfestival.com in Perugia! #ijf25
Lela Vujanic will share how digital native media are filling news deserts, reconnecting with disillusioned audiences, and building new ways to share essential information.
Want to join?
Do it in person or online! 👉 bit.ly/3YbgEjY
Lela Vujanic will share how digital native media are filling news deserts, reconnecting with disillusioned audiences, and building new ways to share essential information.
Want to join?
Do it in person or online! 👉 bit.ly/3YbgEjY
Janine also spoke about the work SembraMedia is doing with Project Oasis 💧, a global long term research effort!
Learn more about Project Oasis: globalprojectoasis.org
Learn more about Project Oasis: globalprojectoasis.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Janine also spoke about the work SembraMedia is doing with Project Oasis 💧, a global long term research effort!
Learn more about Project Oasis: globalprojectoasis.org
Learn more about Project Oasis: globalprojectoasis.org
@rsettles.bsky.social, independent researcher and investor, reflected on how many media organizations fail when their business model isn’t aligned with their mission. He stressed the need for purpose-driven collaboration and even floated the idea of an international media development bank.
April 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
@rsettles.bsky.social, independent researcher and investor, reflected on how many media organizations fail when their business model isn’t aligned with their mission. He stressed the need for purpose-driven collaboration and even floated the idea of an international media development bank.
Roby Alampay, @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social’s Philippines and Asia advisor, highlighted how collaboration among partner organizations can lead to more relevant and sustainable content. He shared how they are exploring new narrative formats with local and regional reach.
April 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Roby Alampay, @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social’s Philippines and Asia advisor, highlighted how collaboration among partner organizations can lead to more relevant and sustainable content. He shared how they are exploring new narrative formats with local and regional reach.