Journalist and media educator. Editor at @narajournalism. M.A. in @nyu_journalism. Winner of a Fulbright scholarship. He/Him
Joined July 2013
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17 Feb 2023
I wrote this piece coming home from New York to Vilnius. Back in Lithuania, I found a society in limbo between war and peace, calm on the outside, burning on the inside. Of course, it's nothing compared to the suffering of Ukrainians. My essay for @WSJ.
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Zomi was one of the earliest employees at World Central Kitchen. She first showed up to volunteer at our WCK kitchen in Guatemala after the Fuego volcano eruption—and became like family. Zomi was effervescent, her spirit of service embodied the greatest aspects of humanity. Anyone who meets Zomi never forgets her huge smile and warm laugh. When others were facing the darkest of moments, Zomi was a shining light of comfort, and the world is a dimmer place without her. 💔
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30 Jan 2024
Where we are at:
28 Jan 2024
Last week CNN asked me how I explain the downturn in the news industry: big layoffs, scant investment, no recovery in sight.
A list of factors is not an explanation, I said. But that is what I have.
So here's my thread. None of it should be news to people in the business. 0/
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Karolis Vyšniauskas retweeted
28 Dec 2023
Noura Al-Mawed and Michael Rantisi, students from Vilnius University and Vilnius Tech, are two of only a few Palestinians living in Lithuania. In the latest episode of NARA podcast they share their hopes and grief, as the destruction of Gaza continues.
nara.lt/en/articles-en/pales…
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28 Dec 2023
"It’s everyday guilt that I am safe, my family is safe, I have everything around me, and my people, the Palestinians in Gaza, are being shelled"
My latest interview for NARA podcast – with Michael and Noura, two Palestinian students living in Vilnius:
nara.lt/en/articles-en/pales…
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Karolis Vyšniauskas retweeted
26 Dec 2023
One month ago, @MosabAbuToha started texting me a few hundred words a day.
He was still in Gaza. Still sleeping in a school. Still recovering from beatings he got in Israeli custody.
But every day, he typed this story into his phone: newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…
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Karolis Vyšniauskas retweeted
16 Nov 2023
Let me get this straight: The richest person on earth and owner of a top internet media company, auto company, satellite communications network and space travel company generously funded by the USG believes Jewish control of migration patterns is “the actual truth”?
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Karolis Vyšniauskas retweeted
13 Nov 2023
One of the all-time iconic episodes of @nytimes The Daily today, on the utterly grim situation facing doctors and patients at Gaza’s hospitals nytimes.com/2023/11/13/podca…
Incredibly powerful listening, and gets across how desperate things are in a way that I think only audio can.
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Karolis Vyšniauskas retweeted
12 Nov 2023
🔴UPDATE:
Since last night, we have not been able to contact our staff inside Al-Shifa hospital. Other MSF colleagues living in Gaza city have reported that the hostilities around Al-Shifa have not stopped.
We are worried for their lives.
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Karolis Vyšniauskas retweeted
4 Nov 2023
When I was a student in 1982, I met two Palestinian students on a bus in the West Bank, and we hung out together. I hadn't been in touch since, but on this visit I looked them up. And therein lies a story of lost freedom, dignity and hope. A gift link: nyti.ms/49pixO4
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4 Nov 2023
„Aš jaučiuosi brolis ir pusbrolis žmonių, kurie žuvo. Su žydais, izraeliečiais, jaučiuosi kaip giminaitis. Aš maksimaliai jaučiau liūdesį, neviltį, skausmą. Bet jokio keršto (noro) nebuvo.“
Perspektyva, kuri man atrodo svarbi šiuo metu:
nara.lt/lt/articles-lt/rafae…
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30 Oct 2023
Tired, yet happy. A selfie with fellow Lithuanian audio documentary creators at the Prix Europa awards this Friday in Berlin. Colleagues from @narajournalism and LRT Radio were both nominated for their exceptional documentary work.
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Karolis Vyšniauskas retweeted
29 Oct 2023
Along with many of our Israeli human rights partners, we call on the international community to act to stop the forcible transfer currently happening in the West Bank. This madness must not be allowed to continue and our government clearly has no intention of stopping it.
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Karolis Vyšniauskas retweeted
27 Oct 2023
The humanitarian system in Gaza is facing a total collapse with unimaginable consequences for more than 2 million civilians.
Needs are growing ever more critical & colossal.
Food, water, medicine & fuel must be allowed to reach all civilians swiftly, safely & at scale.
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Karolis Vyšniauskas retweeted
27 Oct 2023
⚠️ HAPPENING NOW AT NYC'S GRAND CENTRAL STATION: THOUSANDS OF JEWS AND ALLIES HOLD AN EMERGENCY SIT-IN, DEMANDING A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. WE'RE TAKING OVER THE GRAND CONCOURSE. WE'RE REFUSING TO ALLOW A GENOCIDE BE CARRIED OUT IN OUR NAMES. CEASEFIRE NOW! NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE! ⚠️
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16 Oct 2023
This:
12 Oct 2023
“The most important thing for me and also for my brother, is that his death will not be used as a justification for killing innocent people”
Listen to Noi Katzman who’s Brother Chaim was buried today
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15 Oct 2023
We must not lose sight of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians had nothing to do with Hamas’s appalling attacks, and are suffering as a result of them.
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Karolis Vyšniauskas retweeted
14 Oct 2023
Just arrived at work. This is the front entrance to BBC this morning
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The Israeli Defense Forces took CNN’s @AndersonCooper to visit the site of the Nova music festival, where 260 people were killed. Watch the report for @AC360:
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Karolis Vyšniauskas retweeted
13 Oct 2023
In a new survey, 4 out of 5 Israeli Jews believe the government and Netanyahu are to blame for Hamas's attack last week (that includes 79% of the government's supporters). A majority of Israeli Jews want Netanyahu to resign at the end of the war: jpost.com/israel-news/articl…
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