Journalism that unpacks the global authoritarian toolkit, such as the abuse of new technologies, the rise of oligarchy and the manipulation of scientific fact.
1/ From Rome, Coda’s Isobel Cockerell reports about fashionable surveillance, millionaire impunity and an attempt to control the press. Read the full story in this week’s Coda Currents.
1/ After a decade of Trumpism, the 2026 midterms may signal a turning point. But as political movements across Europe draw on fears of immigration, national identity and a lost past, the question remains: will Europe learn from America’s mistakes?
https://t.co/RwHarx6rR2
Tomorrow @Linaattalah goes back to court. I asked her what Mada Masr will do if the closure order stands: “Apply for a new license. Knock on all doors. Try to survive.” My interview in @CodaStory https://t.co/nEdgtGsRef #StandWithMada
🖊️ @CodaStory seeks story pitches that reveal the patterns beneath the headlines.
Their journalism tracks “currents” – global trends that shape local communities – through character-driven narratives that connect dots across geographies and time. https://t.co/KOlqbpFRKc
Li tres bon. Brilliant essay by @Haitiantimes founder @garrypierre_ : "After 50 years, I have learned this: Exile describes where others place you. Belonging is what you build with your own hands." via @CodaStory
https://t.co/mq3LUXYzPI
1/ Tomorrow, Nov. 11, Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Egypt’s independent news outlet Mada Masr, returns to court to learn whether her one-year prison sentence will be upheld.
In an interview with Lina El Wardani, she discusses the case against her and the fight for independent journalism.
https://t.co/yMRKUILxAe
1/ In this week’s Coda Currents: Israel’s opposition struggles to unseat Netanyahu without excluding Arab parties, while tech billionaires look to space, the oceans and Patagonia for their next data center frontier.
The Atlas, Issue 6, Page 1-2.
Editor's note: Watching you watching me.
Issue 6 opens with a question that follows us everywhere: who gets to watch, and who gets watched?
Welcome to The Atlas, Issue 6, https://t.co/Bj43DnxA4Z
1/ Within most of our lifetimes, the ocean current that keeps Europe habitable, West Africa wet, North America warm, and the Amazon thriving, may collapse. No one is paying much attention.
https://t.co/iZP7uQZxyD
You are being watched. We all are. But who’s watching?
The Atlas 006 is your friendly neighbourhood guide to the surveillance state, with reports from Cairo, Tehran, Tbilisi, Johannesburg and beyond.
Get your free PDF copy: https://t.co/b6vppl4AcI
Tomorrow, join us for a live online event like no other. Meet the faces behind The Atlas as they talk about their stories for the upcoming issue.
There's still time to register: https://t.co/p9H1VbnOj1
1/ How to sell a newspaper to the ruling elites?
@simonallison, took a walk in New York City and counted 121 surveillance cameras.
While the ruling classes might be watching us, we’re watching them, too.
Everyone should read from the same page. Also the people in power.
2/ Want to meet the newsroom?
Join us tomorrow at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 5 PM GMT / 6 PM CET / 7 PM CAT for a first look at our next, unpublished issue: Atlas 006.
Everyone’s welcome. Even the ruling elites.
https://t.co/p9H1VbnOj1
1/ Egypt is in the spotlight this week: President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is busy curbing local independent press, entangling himself in foreign conflicts and, by 2030, finding a successor among hand-picked candidates.
Take a closer look in this week’s Coda Currents.
https://t.co/IfubDRPrev