Belarus’ media environment is among the most restrictive in Europe with the state using physical, digital and legal measures to control the information space and to ensure high levels of state propa...
Aleksandra Pushkina is Director of Zerkalo.io (formerly TUT.BY, the largest media outlet in Belarus, which was read by every third person in the country before it was crushed by the authorities). Now she is in charge of strategy of communication and is the company's public speaker. During 2020-2021 she was responsible not only for PR, but she also worked closely with journalists at the protests. She is one of the managers who rebuilt and restarted the media. Zerkalo.io now reaches 33,000,000 monthly views, sections are gradually being rebuilt and the number of news releases is growing.
Due to the request of at least one of the panel speakers, this event will not be live-streamed. Furthermore, the on-demand video will not be available. In 2020, mass protests took place in Belarus, a...