When a journalist is forced to flee due to persecution, war, or poverty, they carry with them a valuable asset: their language and culture, their knowledge of their country’s reality, their sources of information, and a different perspective on the world. However, they face significant barriers when trying to access European media. It’s a waste not to recognize all this value, which is why we launched the Migrant Media Project (MMP).
The MMP is a network that connects migrant journalists with mainstream media outlets. We started in the best possible way: in partnership with the newspaper Expresso, which will ensure the publication of 10 articles over the next year, and with the support of the Democracy and Civil Society Programme of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and Ceso Development Consultants.
Why migrant journalists? Because they are the most qualified people to inform us about their countries of origin and their own communities in Portugal: they have unique knowledge that a Portuguese journalist is unlikely to possess; and easier access to sources of information, both here and there, without linguistic or cultural barriers.
In other words, the MMP promotes inclusion and contributes to a more informed, and better-informed, society.
We believe so strongly in this project that we already have more plans for the future: we will take the MMP to other European countries, always involving prominent media outlets, to reach an ever-broader audience.
Migrant journalists benefit from being integrated into a network. The media benefits from access to more diverse coverage. And we all benefit by hearing new voices and perspectives.
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