Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Moderated by Amanda Bennett, former CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, this May 1, 2025 panel featured the editorial team from the Barents Observer, an independent Arctic news outlet reporting on the tense Russia-Norway border region. Participants included Barents Observer founder Atle Staalesen, editor Thomas Nilsen, and reporter Olesia Krivtsova, who joined remotely to share her firsthand experience reporting in exile.