TEHRAN BUREAU❑ Founded in 2008

❑ Partnership with PBS/Frontline 2009

❑ Partnership with the Guardian since 2013

❑ Audience: 200,000 unique monthly views/ 451,000 Facebook “likes”/ 54,000 Twitter followers

❑ Security: From anonymous bylines to collaborative reporting

❑ Educating a new generation of independent journalists through remote on-the-job training

❑ Transparency and business reporting in post-nuclear agreement Iran

nlReportReporting on IranState censorship -Media outlets act as mouthpieces of political factions and regime-affiliated organizations

-Quality of journalism education is low and students have limited access to it

Self censorship-Iranian news outlets take care to follow regime “red line”

-Cases of persecution lead accredited foreign correspondents to avoid controversial stories

-Media organizations make compromises to retain access tocountry

Covering IranWe venture beyond affluent North Tehran, and include regional perspectives, to shed light on the shifting political landscape.