This week, The Loop talks to French Disclose’s journalist Pierre Leibovici about building resilience in the face of state persecution. Disclose is a French investigative journalism outlet, which has repeatedly reported on state secrets around the arms trade and intelligence cooperation with authoritarian regimes.

Most Disclose journalists have been interviewed by the French intelligence services. Most recently, a journalist had her communications surveilled and was detained and interrogated by a counter-terrorism judge.

We’re going to discuss how membership and tracking the impact of investigations help to build resilience in the face of state persecution, and how the newsroom adapted to protect journalists and sources.

Listen to the episode to hear how Disclose has managed to build up a stable base of audience supporters that cover more than half the budget with their donations.