This special edition of the CivilNet Podcast is part of the “Synergy on Air” series, produced through the Seizing Synergies project, a cross-border journalism initiative connecting independent media outlets across Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. CivilNet speaks with Markus Niedobitek, Project Manager at the Berlin-based Network for Cross-Border Journalism (n-ost), which coordinates Seizing Synergies, and Filip Noubel, editor-at-large for Global Voices. They discuss how collaborative journalism can counter disinformation, break national media bubbles, and bring human stories back to the center of reporting across Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus.

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