In Hungary the space for independent journalism has been shrinking since years. Publishers are struggling with the distorted media landscape and the excessive legislative and advertising power of ...
Gergo Saling
editor Direkt36
Gergo Saling is managing partner and senior editor of Direkt36, a non-profit center for experimenting with deep investigative journalism, storytelling and data visualization. For further information on Direkt36, launched in January 2015.
He was previously editor-in-chief and longtime news director of Origo, the most popular Hungarian news and features website. Under his leadership the portal stood as a standard for nonpartisan and objective journalism, and the team was experimenting with different innovative ways of storytelling. He edited several award-winning investigative projects. For further information on Gergo's controversial departure from Origo in June 2014.
He holds a degree on History and Ethnology from ELTE Budapest University, graduating in 2002.