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Media Outlets
Since April 2022, JX Fund has supported 95 exiled media outlets from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria and Ukraine with financial or structural aid.
Independent media is under threat.
We need to act.
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Grants
In total, 180 grants have been awarded to exiled media outlets with journalists working from 25 different countries.
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Projects
JX Fund has implemented 48 projects targeting different needs of both exiled media outlets and freelance journalists.
News and press releases
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS AND UPDATES
- Interview Series
Reinventing Revenue: El Toque
In the second edition of our new interview series “Reinventing Revenue,” Cuban exiled outlet elTOQUE talks about about how utility-driven journalism, data tools, and audience trust can evolve into sustainable revenue models, and how to maintain a “church–state” separation between commercial and editorial operations.
- Interview Series
Reinventing Revenue: Reform.news
How do exiled media outlets survive when traditional media business models no longer work? Our new interview series “Reinventing Revenue” explores how independent journalism adapts through new formats, services, and community spaces. In our first edition, Belarusian exiled outlet Reform.news explains why its next project is a bar in Warsaw.
Perspectives on Impact: Discussions with Media in Exile
To better understand the complexities of impact and the perspectives shaping the community, we draw on insights from conversations at the Exile Media Forum 2025 and the International Journalism Festival 2026. Together with representatives of exiled media from all over the world, we moved beyond a narrow focus on reach toward a broader perspective: one in which impact is not a single outcome, but a set of interconnected dimensions.
Report: Panorama of Exiled Independent Media
Amid Global Geopolitical Turbulence in 2026
Exiled independent media are not a niche concern. They are a globally relevant institution at a moment when the infrastructure of accountability journalism is under threat from multiple directions simultaneously. That is why we believe this report is an important invitation for joint reflection, and why we hope it reaches well beyond the community of practitioners and funders already familiar with this work.
GEO: “These Newsrooms Are Forced to Innovate.”
In an interview with GEO+, Maral Jekta, Managing Director of JX Fund, discusses the growing challenges faced by Russian exiled media – from censorship and legal pressure to financial uncertainty. She explains how journalists continue to reach audiences inside Russia, why exile newsrooms are forced to constantly innovate, and whether independent reporting beyond the country’s borders can remain sustainable.
Study: Innovation as the Driving Survival Force
The past year once again shook the Russian independent media sector in exile. Russian authorities tightened censorship, expanded surveillance, and criminalized the consumption of independent media content. Despite this hostile environment and a sector-wide financial crisis, independent media outlets in exile held their ground and even expanded their reach across multiple channels.
Beyond Borders: How Exiled Media Shape International Reporting
How does the Kremlin infiltrate Europe’s information sphere to sway elections and shape public opinion? Where did fugitive Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek vanish to? Why are many of China’s cities sinking? Without exiled media, you probably wouldn’t know.
Exiled Media: A Pillar of Global Democratic Structures
The accelerating decline of democratic structures is triggering a global exodus of journalists from authoritarian countries. Exiled media are now, in many regions, the last institutions capable of documenting increasing autocratization and making democratic backsliding visible.
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