I recently had a story published in the Equal Times – one of my favourite publications to work with. As always, it was a demanding process, and I took a long time to work on it. As a result, I collected by far more stories than I could use in the article. Since then, a pedelec rental scheme has been …
New beginning – The Lithuania Tribune
I am starting to cooperate with the English version of Delfi, the largest news portal in Lithuania, – The Lithuania Tribune. Here I will paste links to my articles to keep them in one place. December 2015 Creativity and boredom in a Lithuanian town coping with globalisation (reporting on increasingly diverse student recruitment and youth unemployment in Alytus) Hanukkah in …
All from my reporting trip to Thailand
In March I took part in Minority Rights Group training in Thailand. I posted my feedback on it . In this post, I’ll post all articles, blog posts and tweets associated with this trip. Reposted: My impressions from #Thailand – now on Planet News! http://t.co/lO9m6hKbr9 #reporting #karen #minorityrights — Daiva (@daiva_hadiva) May 1, 2015 All my blog entries on Thailand …
Writing about press freedom in Thailand
The Equal Times published my article on press freedom in Thailand (also available in French and Spanish). “I tell other colleagues, ‘Hey, you are a journalist. You should be brave!’” says Chutima Sidasathian, whom I had a chance to meet thanks to Minority Rights Group, the organizers of a training I attended in Bangkok and Kaeng Krachan national park. There …
Media freedom in Hungary – my latest for Equal Times
I interviewed journalists, journalist unions, read the Government Control Office website and a bunch of documents for this article: Independent journalism under increasing threat in Hungary – Equal Times.
Article about Budapest Pride
It is always interesting to compare events. Last year the Baltic Pride, the annual march for LGBT rights, held in the Baltic capitals on a rotating basis, aroused many discussions in Lithuania, but when it takes place in the other Baltic capitals, we usually only see a photo or two. This year I had a chance to report from a …
My work for Cafe Babel
I am an active reporter and blogger for Cafe Babel, a multilingual European youth online magazine, since 2008. My profile with all articles and blog entries is here. You can follow my work on Twitter and Facebook. I was the leader of Babel Lietuva, Cafe Babel’s Lithuanian branch, from 2011 to 2012. In 2010 and 2011 we hosted teams of …
My work for Equal Times
I started working as the Baltic correspondent for Equal Times in January 2013. Equal Times is a global news, opinion and campaign website about work, politics, the economy, development and the environment (Facebook, Twitter). My articles published: Independent journalism under increasing threat in Hungary — In Depth Baltic Pride: united activists, divided politicians — News Latvia’s euro ambitions undeterred by Cyprus …
Anti-violence protection – an issue confined to bedroom and shower?
[The original of this article was published in Delfi. It was translated for public procurement purposes. All rights belong to Delfi.] Half-truth is worse than an open lie. Unfortunately, it is namely the half-truths that are used to juxtapose the Council of Europe Convention on preventing violence against women, family violence prevention and combat, with the widely-discussed Gender Loops programme …
Men – between nature and prohibitions
[The original of this article was published in Delfi. It was translated for public procurement purposes. All rights belong to Delfi.] Manliness is natural but so fragile that a little equality ideology or a babe in arms can disrupt it like a house of cards. Such conclusion can be made after listening to the defenders of normative manliness. On one …
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