Re:Baltica
TheBaltic Center for Investigative JournalismRe:Baltica(Latvian:Baltijas pētnieciskās žurnālistikas centrs Re:Baltica) is a Latvia-basednon-profit organizationfounded in 2011.[1]It is based inRiga.
Re:Balticafocuses on in-depth investigations of important issues in theBaltic region,such ascorruption,money laundering,entrepreneurship,health,human rightsanddisinformation.Reports are published on their website inLatvian,EnglishandRussian.Re:Balticaproduces work for free and encourages other media organizations to publish their work.Re:Balticareports and journalists have been quoted onAl Jazeera,[2]The Washington Post,[3]Financial Times,[4]Meduza,[5]BuzzFeed News[6]and other international media outlets.
Re:Balticais a member of theOrganized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project,[7]Global Investigative Journalism Network.[8]Inga Spriņģe, an investigative journalist and one of the two founders of Re: Baltica, is a member of theInternational Consortium of Investigative Journalistsnetwork.[9]
Re:Check
[edit]In 2019,Re:Balticalaunched thefact-checkingand social media research labRe:Check.Its goal is to verify the truthfulness of claims by significant public figures, deconstruct lies and research communication trends on social networks.Re:Checkin a member of theInternational Fact-Checking Network(IFCN).[10]As of 2019,[update]Re:Checkin an officialFacebookfact-checking partner.[11]
Awards
[edit]Re:Balticais the recipient of several prizes, including theGresteBaltic Freedom of Speech Awards in 2018.[12]
Funding
[edit]Funding comes from three main sources:[1]
- Internal revenue from teaching, moderating events, research and scripting documentaries
- Competitive grants, mostly from the institutions based inEU/NATOcountries, for example,International Press InstituteandCalouste Gulbenkian foundation.
- Donations, a list of whom is attached to the annual reports.
In 2022, 60% from internal revenue, 32% – from grants, and 8% of funding came from donations. The main sources of income (those exceeding 1% of Re:Baltica's total income) wereIJ4EU,All Media Latvia,Meta,Media Defense Legal Initiative,Free Press Unlimited,Calouste Gulbenkian foundation,small donations from individuals and legal entities.
References
[edit]- ^ab"Par mums | Re:Baltica"(in Latvian).Retrieved2022-05-31.
- ^Al Jazeera,What does the future hold for non-citizens of the Baltic states?
- ^The Washington Post,Europe has been working to expose Russian meddling for years
- ^Financial Times,Latvia: a banking scandal on the Baltic
- ^Meduza,Following an investigative report by BuzzFeed and others, a network of pro-Kremlin news outlets in the Baltic states suddenly admits to being run by the Russian state
- ^"A Network Of Russian-Language News Sites Is Secretly Owned By Kremlin, Investigation Finds".BuzzFeed News.Retrieved2019-05-02.
- ^Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project,OCCRP Network Members
- ^Global Investigative Journalism Network,Our Members
- ^"ICIJ Journalists".ICIJ.Retrieved2019-05-02.
- ^"Re:Baltica launches fact-checking and social media research lab Re:Check | Re:Baltica".2022-07-05. Archived fromthe originalon 2022-07-05.Retrieved2022-07-05.
- ^"Re:Check becomes Facebook's official fact checking partner | Re:Baltica".2022-07-05. Archived fromthe originalon 2022-07-05.Retrieved2022-07-05.
- ^Greste Baltic Freedom of Speech Awards presented in Rīga,Latvian Public Broadcasting,November 6, 2018
External links
[edit]- Re:Baltica(in Latvian, English, and Russian)