About
NARA is a space for responsible journalism in which fundamental aspects of society are examined.
NARA is produced by a collective of journalists and media professionals whose work relies on the principles of ethical journalism, research, and respect for our interviewees.
What started in 2015 in Lithuania as a two-person endeavor called Nanook soon grew into a community of more than ten individuals whose work earned multiple local and international awards. In 2017 this team also started the first professional Lithuanian podcast, called NYLA. All of the team's work is now continued under the name NARA.
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Berta TilmantaitėCo-Founder -
Karolis VyšniauskasPodcast Host and Producer -
Karolis Pilypas LiutkevičiusWebsite Editor -
Martyna ŠulskutėPodcast Producer -
Mindaugas DrigotasJournalist and videographer -
Indrė KiršaitėJournalist
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Kata BitowtSound engineer
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Severina VenckutėPhotographer
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Ula Rugevičiūtė RugytėIllustrator
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Beatričė BankauskaitėJournalist
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Augustė KauliūtėSocial media curator
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Eglė MurauskaitėExpert in international security
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Daiva RepečkaitėJournalist
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Gintarė KulytėJournalist, photographer
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Andrius JančiauskasPsychologist
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Martynas GailiusComposer
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Gintarė ObelenėEditor
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Kerry KubiliusEditor
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Dorota SokolowskaTranslator
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Patreon
The best way for journalism to remain independent is to be funded by the community itself. Become our patron by logging in through the secure Patreon platform.
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Bank transfer
To contribute by recurring or one-time transfer, identify your transfer as “Support.” Our account name is VšĮ Dokumedija. Account No. LT914010051003356607
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1.2% income tax donation
When declaring your income, dedicate 1.2% of your income tax to NARA. Instructions on how to do this can be found here. The name of our organisation is VšĮ Dokumedija, registration code 303506867
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Advertising
We invite socially responsible businesses and organizations to purchase advertising space on our website and in our podcasts. Contact us at nara@nara.lt
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Partnership and sponsorship
For all your questions regarding sponsorships or partnerships, please contact us at nara@nara.lt
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A New Beginning
September 22nd is the launch day of NARA. This new website is a space for responsible journalism where we present people’s stories in different formats: podcasts, texts, photo stories and videos. Publications in NARA are available in three languages: Lithuanian, Russian and English.
This day also marks a change for our brand: starting today Nanook and Nyla become NARA, but all the material published under the old names will still be available for you to view on the new website. We invite you to read about the reasons for this decision and the story of our team in the introductory publication of NARA.
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Producer of NARA Podcasts Wins European Audio Documentary Prize
We are proud to announce that Martyna Šulskutė, a producer of NARA podcasts, has been chosen as one of the three winners of this year's Åke Blomström Prize.
European audio documentary producers have been awarded this prize named after a famous Swedish Radio Journalist since 1986. Each of the winners will work with a professional mentor on their new documentary and participate in an international audio documentary conference.
We invite you to remember some of Martyna‘s works, in which she tackled topics such as the city of Vilnius and the history of its people, Lithuanian Roma Genocide, as well as asylum seekers‘ stories and the use of animals in medicine.
NARA's awards
LOGIN conference award for the Best Lithuanian Podcast – NYLA, 2019
Sheffield Adventure Film Festival – Best Spirit of Adventure Film Award for "Traces: Traversing the Past" mini series, 2019
New Media Writing Prize – What’s New in Publishing Award for "Traces: Traversing the Past," 2019
Prix Europa – A nomination in the Multimedia category for "Traces: Traversing the Past," 2019
National Press Photography Association Awards – second place in the Sports category for "Will to Win", USA, 2017
Lithuanian Press Photo awards – first place in the Multimedia category for "Will to Win", 2018 and
New Media Writing Prize – The Gorkana Journalism award for "Will to Win", 2017
About NARA online:
How Nanook’s podcast helped Lithuanians make sense of the pandemic, Poynter
Hunting for Change in Baltic Journalism, Baltic Media Health Check
A journalist’s efforts to dismantle the Soviet Union’s legacy of media censorship in his country, AlJazeera’s Contrast VR
How Nanook used an audiovisual exhibition to promote its podcast among hard-to-reach Lithuanians, Engaged Journalism Accelerator, European Journalism Center
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All questions and requests about sharing, publishing, or using our content should be addressed to: nara@nara.lt