Bektour Iskender

Independent news publisher

TED Fellow Bektour Iskender is an independent news publisher.

Why you should listen

Bektour Iskender is the co-founder of Kloop, an NGO and leading news publication in Kyrgyzstan committed to freedom of speech and training young journalists to cover politics and investigate corruption. He is working on cross-border collaborations with other media outlets to produce large-scale journalism investigations.

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The crime-fighting power of cross-border investigative journalism

Posted May 2022

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