OC Media

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OC Media
TypeOnline newspaper
Founder(s)Mariam Nikuradze, Dominik K Cagara, and Caroline Sutcliffe
Editor-in-chiefRobin Fabbro[1]
FoundedJanuary 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01)
LanguageEnglish and Russian
WebsiteEnglish: OC-Media.org
Russian OC-Media.org/RU/

OC Media (Open Caucasus Media) is an independent online news platform covering news from the

South
Caucasus regions.

Overview

OC Media is a Tbilisi-based website that publishes in English and Russian. The website was launched by journalists Mariam Nikuradze and Dominik K. Cagara and brings together journalists from throughout the Caucasus.[2][3][4]

The site covers the South Caucasus nations of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, Russia's North Caucasus republics, and the disputed territories of Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and South Ossetia.[5][6]

OC Media receives funding from different organizations and institutions as well as their readers. It has received funding from organizations such as

In March 2020, Georgian

Parliament
to pass legislative changes to prevent future violations of workers’ rights.

In October 2020, the site was temporarily taken offline by a cyberattack. The outlet's management attributed the attack to their coverage of the

References

  1. ^ "Our Team". OC Media. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. ^ "A progressive, pro-peace voice in the Caucasus". European Endowment for Democracy. 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  3. ^ a b "Who we are". OC Media. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  4. OSCE
    . Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  5. ^ Narimanishvili, Nino (2020-06-21). "OC Media პანდემიის პირისპირ, დაფინანსების ახალი გზების ძიებაში - ინტერვიუ მარიამ ნიკურაძესთან" [OC Media in the face of the pandemic, in search of new means of financing — Interview with Mariam Nikuradze]. Media Checker (in Georgian). Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  6. ^ "How OC Media is training the next generation of freelance journalists in the Caucasus region". Engaged Journalism. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  7. ^ "Inside Georgia's textile industry". OC Media. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  8. ^ "EMC სამკერვალოებში დასაქმებული ქალების შრომით ექსპლუატაციას ეხმიანება" [EMC responds to the labour exploitation of women employed in sewing]. The Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre (EMC) (in Georgian). Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  9. ^ "Хакеры атаковали OC Media методом "грубой силы"" [Hackers attack OC Media with brute force attack]. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Russian). 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  10. ^ "OC Media-ზე კიბერთავდასხმა მოხდა" [Cyber attack on OC Media]. On.ge (in Georgian). 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  11. ^ "OC-Media". Justice for Journalists. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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