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Natalia Antelava

Natalia Antelava

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Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Coda Story

New York

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Total articles 237

  • When autocrats buy zebras

    By Natalia Antelava Verified| Coda Story Verified Victor Orbán wants to adopt a zebra. Reading about the Hungarian Prime Minister’s bizarre request to become a “symbolic ‘adoptive parent’” of a zoo zebra, I had a feeling of déjà vu. Another oligarch, Bidzina Ivanishvili, who lives in a glass castle overlooking my hometown Tbilisi, is also obsessed with zebras. To be fair, he has a whole private menagerie. “Lemurs roamed free in my yard like cats,” Ivanishvili once boasted to journalists. He’s even taken selected reporters to meet his zebras.

    By Natalia Antelava Verified · Coda Story

    Mar. 28, 2025

  • How Democracies Die: The Script for a Three-Act Play

    By Natalia Antelava Verified| Coda Story Verified “What do we even do when the Justice Department ignores court orders?” reads one text from an American friend on my phone. “None of this feels real,” says another. As we navigate the whiplash-inducing headlines emerging daily from Trump’s Washington, I often find myself thinking of Oksana Baulina, who joined our team in 2019 to produce a documentary series about Stalin’s Gulag survivors.

    By Natalia Antelava Verified · Coda Story

    Mar. 19, 2025

  • When autocrats buy zebras

    By Natalia Antelava Verified| Coda Story Verified Victor Orbán wants to adopt a zebra. Reading about the Hungarian Prime Minister’s bizarre request to become a “symbolic ‘adoptive parent’” of a zoo zebra, I had a feeling of déjà vu. Another oligarch, Bidzina Ivanishvili, who lives in a glass castle overlooking my hometown Tbilisi, is also obsessed with zebras. To be fair, he has a whole private menagerie. “Lemurs roamed free in my yard like cats,” Ivanishvili once boasted to journalists. He’s even taken selected reporters to meet his zebras.

    By Natalia Antelava Verified · Coda Story

    Mar. 28, 2025

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Coda Story

Coda Media, Inc., also known as Coda Story, is a nonprofit newsroom focused on in-depth reporting about global crises and transformations. Headquartered in the United States, with offices in New York City and Tbilisi, Georgia, Coda Media operates as a 501(c)3 nonprofit, emphasizing journalism as a public service. The organization aims to make complex global issues accessible by challenging prevailing narratives and empowering communities. Their reporting covers critical topics such as authoritarianism, technology, disinformation, and the manipulation of historical narratives. Coda Media offers a variety of storytelling formats, including investigative features, newsletters, podcasts, animations, documentaries, and graphic novels. They also engage in partnerships with major media outlets to distribute their content widely. Coda Media generates revenue through foundation grants, private donations, and a growing segment of animation and video production services for external clients. They also organize events like the ZEG Festival, fostering meaningful conversations around important global issues.

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Founded: 2014