We strive for a world where those in power cannot repress their people’s voices with impunity because the people are equipped with the tools to fight back.
We strive for a world where those in power cannot repress their people’s voices with impunity because the people are equipped with the tools to fight back.
We strive for a world where those in power cannot repress their people’s voices with impunity because the people are equipped with the tools to fight back.
IMPACT & PARTNERS
Global Collaboration for Media Freedom
Global Collaboration for Media Freedom
We partner with organizations at the intersection of technology, media, and human rights to ensure free access to information.
We partner with organizations at the intersection of technology, media, and human rights to ensure free access to information.
Backed by
Contributors
PRESS
In the News
In the News
Our work has been featured in global media,
academic journals, and civic tech forums.
Our work has been featured in global media, academic journals, and civic tech forums.
Our work has been featured in global media, academic journals, and civic tech forums.
SHARE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
RIMA Education at Bard College
RIMA Education at Bard College
We partner with Bard College to support researchers and educators who use the Russian Independent Media Archive in their work.
We partner with Bard College to support researchers and educators who use the Russian Independent Media Archive in their work.
Each semester we offer a series of online courses on archiving, data tools and history as a part of Smolny Beyond Borders Initiative
Each semester we offer a series of online courses on archiving, data tools and history as a part of Smolny Beyond Borders Initiative
Our goal: to foster media literacy, critical inquiry, and new scholarship using independent Russian journalism.
Our goal: to foster media literacy, critical inquiry, and new scholarship using independent Russian journalism.
Our goal: to foster media literacy, critical inquiry, and new scholarship using independent Russian journalism.
Our work is guided by three strategic pillars:
Our work is guided by three strategic pillars:
Preserve Endangered Media — Protect facts from erasure.
Preserve Endangered Media — Protect facts from erasure.
Create New Access Pathways — Bring archives into people’s daily lives.
Create New Access Pathways — Bring archives into people’s daily lives.
Share Our Infrastructure — Enable others to resist censorship globally.
Share Our Infrastructure — Enable others to resist censorship globally.
PRESERVE ENDANGERED MEDIA
PRESERVE
ENDANGERED MEDIA
7M+
documents
7M+
documents
142+
sources
142+
sources
20+
years of history
20+
years of history
Russian Independent Media Archive
Russian Independent Media Archive
RIMA is a permanent, digital repository of over 7 million articles and documents from independent Russian media, including those forced into exile since 2000. It offers researchers, journalists, and historians access to unfiltered primary sources, safeguarding them from authoritarian censorship.
RIMA is a permanent, digital repository of over 7 million articles and documents from independent Russian media, including those forced into exile since 2000. It offers researchers, journalists, and historians access to unfiltered primary sources, safeguarding them from authoritarian censorship.
CREATE NEW ACCESS PATHWAYS
Newsloom
Newsloom, built on RIMA’s tech, is an AI-powered platform for journalists and small editorial teams. It tracks content from websites, Telegram, RSS feeds, and search results, using AI to summarize, rewrite, categorize, extract facts, and publish to tools like Slack or Google Docs, saving time and reducing information overload.
CREATE NEW ACCESS PATHWAYS
Newsloom
Newsloom, built on RIMA’s tech, is an AI-powered platform for journalists and small editorial teams. It tracks content from websites, Telegram, RSS feeds, and search results, using AI to summarize, rewrite, categorize, extract facts, and publish to tools like Slack or Google Docs, saving time and reducing information overload.
WHO WE ARE
Kronika is a group of technologists, journalists, and activists dedicated to defending independent media and fighting authoritarian censorship worldwide.
Kronika is a group of technologists, journalists, and activists dedicated to defending independent media and fighting authoritarian censorship worldwide.
We design AI-powered tools to preserve vulnerable journalism, create new pathways for public access, and share our infrastructure so others can build on it.
WHO WE ARE
Kronika is a group of technologists, journalists, and activists dedicated to defending independent media and fighting authoritarian censorship worldwide.
We design AI-powered tools to preserve vulnerable journalism, create new pathways for public access, and share our infrastructure so others can build on it.
We are Kronika, a civic tech project that builds tools to protect endangered media against state censorship.
We are Kronika, a civic tech project that builds tools to protect endangered media against state censorship.