Denik Referendum is a Czech independent online daily funded mainly by its readers.

It was established in 2009 by journalist Jakub Patočka with the aim of changing the media landscape in the Czech Republic. Since then, it has played a unique role as a platform of Czech civil society, giving voice to those who would not otherwise be heard.

Basic information

Name
Denik Referendum
Title
Center for Media, Ecology and Democracy
Country
Czechia
City
Brno

Supported projects

The "Chicken Factory" of Vodňany and the Czech Embassy in Hanoi

  • Exploitation
  • Human Rights
  • Migration
  • Trafficking

VODNANY - In Babiš's poultry factories, there was an organized violation of the labor code, while the management of the poultry factories could not help but know that they were cooperating with the underworld in the exploitation of Vietnamese workers.

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Energy Crisis in the Post-socialist Housing Blocks

  • Cities
  • Social affairs

BRNO - Novy Liskovec is a peripheral urban district of Brno, the second-largest city in the Czech Republic.

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Novy Liskovec

Visegrad center for environmental cross-border investigations

CZECH REPUBLIC - This project is developing a network of investigative reporters from Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) who will then collaborate on cross-border environmental investigations.

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Visegrad Center for Environmental Investigations – Phase 2

  • Environment
  • Journalism & Media

BRNO - This is the second phase of the project Visegrad Center for Environmental Cross-border Investigations.

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