Foundation · Sofia

Free speech needs a square.

The Journalist Square Foundation defends press freedom, counters disinformation and teaches people to read the media critically.

What we do

Three directions, one goal

We track pressure on journalists, document the cases and stand behind the people who ask the uncomfortable questions.

We check claims, trace how manipulation spreads and explain its mechanics in plain language.

Training for students, teachers and communities — how to identify a source, verify a story and think past the headline.

The square never closes. Neither does the conversation.

— a principle of the foundation

News

Forty students from three high schools spent two days fact-checking stories they had already shared. Half of them did not survive the check.

We documented nineteen cases of legal and economic pressure on reporters over the past year. The report is free to republish.

We traced a rumour from an anonymous channel to national broadcast in eleven days. We describe the steps, because next time they will look the same.