Exile Media Forum

Exile Media Forum

Photo: Claudia Höhne

The number of journalists living and working in exile in Germany is increasing. How do media professionals work from exile? How do they check their sources? How do they protect themselves from physical and digital threats in exile? The Exile Media Forum explores these and other questions. Once a year, we invite over 100 media professionals in exile, representatives from politics and aid organizations to Hamburg to discuss future issues, share experiences and network.

Exile Media Forum 2026

The next Exile Media Forum will take place on 13 and 14 October 2026 as part of the Hamburg Week of Press Freedom.

Our publications on the topic of exile journalism

Review of the Exile Media Forum

Contact

Sven Tetzlaff

Head of Department Democracy and Cohesion

Dr. Sonja Wimschulte

Programme Director
Exile

Sydney Krug

Programme Manager
Exile

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