Voices of Exile

Exile journalism together with the Tagesspiegel

Journalists who were threatened and persecuted for their reporting and therefore had to leave their country know the special value of freedom of the press, freedom of expression and human rights. Being able to report what you want without fear or threat – many exiled journalists in Germany experience this as a liberation.

With the “Voices of Exile” series, we would like to let journalists in exile have their say together with the Tagesspiegel. On selected days of remembrance or action, their articles will be published in the Tagesspiegel on themed pages. In their texts, the journalists report, for example, on their impressions of life in exile, share their experiences of dictatorial systems and explore the significance of political discourse in the private sphere.

In addition, the exiled journalists deepen their knowledge of the German media system in accompanying workshops and hone their journalistic tools.