Donations are piling up, but this money will only be enough to get you started, according to Veronika Munk, founder and future editor-in-chief of the new tab for outgoing indexers.

One of Hungary’s leading news portals is in trouble: Index.hu changed its freedom barometer to “Endangered” in June 2020, but the clouds gathered around one of the major players in the online media market long before. On July 22, Szabolcs Dull, the editor-in-chief, was fired, causing most of the editorial staff to stand up and then thousands protested in Budapest for freedom of the press. You can follow the fate of the Index in our article series.

The outbound indexers’ fundraising campaign began on Friday and the proceeds will provide the financial background to get your new Telex card started. On the side of their community, on Tuesday morning, they said that they had already received the support of 25,000.

Veronika Munk, former deputy chief editor of the Index, said that the ATV as early as Monday night Direct talk that according to the data of the first days, his campaign is very successful, so much so that

Telex can start within a week or two.

Now they are working to create an editorial system that allows them to publish articles.

In the new tab, they won’t be working on the same editorial structure, according to Munk, as they did on the Index before – they won’t be the same deputy editors-in-chief and column heads as in their previous jobs. This is partly because there will be fewer, and partly because several of his former colleagues in senior positions are still bound by a non-compete obligation, so they cannot join the emerging milieu for now.

“Our goal is to start with an editorial team that allows us to report on all the important and significant news at dawn, at night, at Christmas, and early New Year’s morning,” Munk explained.

Editors and journalists will play a key role in the editor’s decision-making system.

Our plan is to have a majority in decision-making. And even if you become, say, an investor, a minority owner, we will only try to accept as a partner a person or company who accepts our principles, our values ​​and guarantees, in writing, that in these important things that journalistic independence means for we, they don’t intervene. “

According to our work, Telex will not be able to make a living solely on advertisements and reader support, so it must “become a subscription page over time.” The subscriber model will be developed immediately after launch.


The number of independent power editorial boards is steadily declining, and those that still exist are trying to stay afloat in a growing headwind. At HVG we persevere, we don’t give in to pressure and we bring national and international news every day.

That is why we ask you, our readers, to stand by us, support us, join our membership and renew it!

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Tamás Gáspár Miklós
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On the supposed media dominance of the left and the occupation, or rather the abolition, of the University of Theater and Film Arts. In addition to the systemic discourse, the spirit of the Orbán era, the government and the (professional) opposition. Opinion.

Szabolcs Dull received an award from the German press


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The editor-in-chief of the Index, who was fired in July, was recognized for supporting press freedom and independent journalism.