{"id":151938,"date":"2025-08-20T13:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151938\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"independent-regional-media-struggle-to-survive-journalist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151938\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent regional media struggle to survive \u2013 journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1809\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kornyshev-privat-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kornyshev-privat-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kornyshev-privat-334x236.jpg 334w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kornyshev-privat-693x490.jpg 693w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kornyshev-privat-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kornyshev-privat-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kornyshev-privat-2048x1447.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Alaksandar Korny\u0161a\u016d\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Courtesy of Alaksandar Korny\u0161a\u016d)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 20, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Independent regional media outlets in Belarus face dire conditions, Alaksandar Korny\u0161a\u016d, eitor in chief at <em>Viciebski Kurjer<\/em>, an independent website focusing on the Viciebsk region news updated by exiled journalists, has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don&#8217;t have the funding opportunities that are available to large media outlets even in today&#8217;s difficult situation in the media sector but we continue to work, often on sheer enthusiasm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks ago, the BySol Solidarity Foundation announced a \u20ac3,500 fundraiser for <em>Viciebski Kurjer<\/em>, to cover three months\u2019 salaries, web hosting and video posting. As of August 20, only \u20ac422 have been collected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early 2022, authorities in Minsk declared <em>Viciebski Kurjer <\/em>\u201cextremist content.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: exiled journalist faces more criminal charges in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 20, Pozirk. Exiled Belsat TV host Volha Stara\u015bcina faces new criminal charges in Belarus over her professional activities, the Belarusian Association of Journalists said. Earlier, authorities also persecuted her for her work on TV. Other cases of politically-motivated persecution &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/151835\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 20, Pozirk. Independent regional media outlets in Belarus face dire conditions, Alaksandar Korny\u0161a\u016d, eitor in chief at Viciebski Kurjer, an independent website focusing on the Viciebsk region news updated by exiled journalists, has told Pozirk. \u201cWe don&#8217;t have the funding opportunities that are available to large media outlets even in today&#8217;s difficult situation in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":151858,"template":"","rubric":[14,13],"class_list":["post-151938","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Independent regional media struggle to survive \u2013 journalist | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 20, Pozirk. 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