We’ve Seen This Before: Lessons from Exile on Recognizing Authoritarianism
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY 219 W. 40th St., New YorkAcross continents—from Russia to Iran, from Hungary to Venezuela—journalists have learned to read the early signals of autocracy: the slow normalization of censorship, the weaponization of “national security,” and the gradual erosion of the importance of facts. This conversation will explore the panelists’ experiences as journalists and Kronika, a platform born from the Russian Independent Media Archive (RIMA), as a tool to protect public memory.