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Klopfstein has been involved in several protests and campaigns against the authoritarian policies of Viktor Orban. In 2017, he was one of the organizers of a large demonstration in Budapest against a bill that threatened to shut down the [[Central European University]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-09 |title=Thousands demonstrate against new Hungarian bill targeting Soros university |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20170409-thousands-demonstrate-against-new-hungarian-bill-targeting-soros-university |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Hungarians Protest Their Leader by the Tens of Thousands |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/09/world/europe/hungary-protest-viktor-orban.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date= |title=Thousands protest in Hungary over threat to Soros university |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/09/thousands-protest-in-hungary-over-bill-threat-to-soros-university |access-date=2024-02-26 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn= |
Klopfstein has been involved in several protests and campaigns against the authoritarian policies of Viktor Orban. In 2017, he was one of the organizers of a large demonstration in Budapest against a bill that threatened to shut down the [[Central European University]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-09 |title=Thousands demonstrate against new Hungarian bill targeting Soros university |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20170409-thousands-demonstrate-against-new-hungarian-bill-targeting-soros-university |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Hungarians Protest Their Leader by the Tens of Thousands |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/09/world/europe/hungary-protest-viktor-orban.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date= |title=Thousands protest in Hungary over threat to Soros university |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/09/thousands-protest-in-hungary-over-bill-threat-to-soros-university |access-date=2024-02-26 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zehntausende gegen Orbans Hochschulgesetz |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/ungarn-proteste-101.html |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=tagesschau.de |language=de}}</ref> More recently, he organized a peaceful protest in front of the Consulate General of Hungary in New York<ref>{{Citation |title=Túlóra Határok Nélkül - tüntetés a New York-i Főkonzulátus előtt |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rexgghZLtY |access-date=2024-02-26 |language=en}}</ref>. |
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In response to the Orban government's state-sponsored [[disinformation]] campaigns in rural areas, Klopfstein co-founded Print-it-Yourself with fellow journalists in 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Daniel |title=Hungarians tap ‘samizdat’ tradition to break Orban’s media grip |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/hungarians-tap-samizdat-tradition-to-break-orban-s-media-grip-1.3442389 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Schmitz |first=Rob |title=Weekly grassroots newspaper aims to buck Hungarian government propaganda |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/04/01/1090192870/weekly-grassroots-newspaper-aims-to-buck-hungarian-government-propaganda |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=NPR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Leonhard |first=Ralf |date=2020-05-21 |title=Orbán-kritische Straßenzeitung in Ungarn: Preis für Guerilla-Printing |url=https://taz.de/!5687323/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |work=Die Tageszeitung: taz |language=de |issn=}}</ref> Its volunteers distributed more than a million copies of their leaflet both before the 2018 and the 2022 general elections.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allsop |first=Jon |title=How Putin’s war overshadowed a week of crucial elections in Europe |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/hungary_serbia_france_election_medias_media.php |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}</ref> Following Klopfstein's investigation, Print-it-Yourself broke the story about the [[Donald Trump|Trump]] administration's withdrawal of a [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] grant meant to support independent news media in Hungary.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kingsley |first=Patrick |title=Hungary’s Leader Was Shunned by Obama, but Has a Friend in Trump |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/world/europe/hungary-us-orban-trump.html?smid=url-share |access-date=2024-03-09 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Szabolcs |first=Panyi |date=2018-07-22 |title=Kinyírták a független magyar médiát támogató 200 milliós amerikai pályázatot |url=https://index.hu/kulfold/2018/07/22/kinyirtak_a_fuggetlen_magyar_mediat_tamogato_200_millios_amerikai_palyazatot/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=index.hu |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zsolt |first=Sarkadi |date=2018-07-22 |title=Elkaszálták a független magyar vidéki sajtó megerősítéséről szóló amerikai pályázatot |url=https://444.hu/2018/07/22/elkaszaltak-a-fuggetlen-magyar-videki-sajto-megerositeserol-szolo-amerikai-palyazatot |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=444 |language=hu}}</ref> |
In response to the Orban government's state-sponsored [[disinformation]] campaigns in rural areas, Klopfstein co-founded Print-it-Yourself with fellow journalists in 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Daniel |title=Hungarians tap ‘samizdat’ tradition to break Orban’s media grip |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/hungarians-tap-samizdat-tradition-to-break-orban-s-media-grip-1.3442389 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Schmitz |first=Rob |title=Weekly grassroots newspaper aims to buck Hungarian government propaganda |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/04/01/1090192870/weekly-grassroots-newspaper-aims-to-buck-hungarian-government-propaganda |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=NPR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Leonhard |first=Ralf |date=2020-05-21 |title=Orbán-kritische Straßenzeitung in Ungarn: Preis für Guerilla-Printing |url=https://taz.de/!5687323/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |work=Die Tageszeitung: taz |language=de |issn=}}</ref> Its volunteers distributed more than a million copies of their leaflet both before the 2018 and the 2022 general elections.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allsop |first=Jon |title=How Putin’s war overshadowed a week of crucial elections in Europe |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/hungary_serbia_france_election_medias_media.php |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}</ref> Following Klopfstein's investigation, Print-it-Yourself broke the story about the [[Donald Trump|Trump]] administration's withdrawal of a [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] grant meant to support independent news media in Hungary.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kingsley |first=Patrick |title=Hungary’s Leader Was Shunned by Obama, but Has a Friend in Trump |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/world/europe/hungary-us-orban-trump.html?smid=url-share |access-date=2024-03-09 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Szabolcs |first=Panyi |date=2018-07-22 |title=Kinyírták a független magyar médiát támogató 200 milliós amerikai pályázatot |url=https://index.hu/kulfold/2018/07/22/kinyirtak_a_fuggetlen_magyar_mediat_tamogato_200_millios_amerikai_palyazatot/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=index.hu |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zsolt |first=Sarkadi |date=2018-07-22 |title=Elkaszálták a független magyar vidéki sajtó megerősítéséről szóló amerikai pályázatot |url=https://444.hu/2018/07/22/elkaszaltak-a-fuggetlen-magyar-videki-sajto-megerositeserol-szolo-amerikai-palyazatot |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=444 |language=hu}}</ref> |
Revision as of 21:39, 10 March 2024
Kornel Klopfstein-Laszlo (born Kornél László, 1986 or 1987) is a New York-based Hungarian journalist, policy analyst, and human rights advocate. He is the co-founder of Print-it-Yourself, a citizen journalism project combating Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's control over the media. In 2020, Klopfstein joined Open Society Foundations, a grantmaking network founded by George Soros. He also serves as a board member of eDemokracia, a Central European think tank that promotes press freedom, access to information, and participatory democracy.
Early life and education
Born in Budapest, Klopfstein holds a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from Eötvös Loránd University[1] and attended Tel Aviv University before graduating from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.[2] He is a former member of the College for Advanced Studies in Social Theory.[3] Klopfstein is currently pursuing his doctoral studies at the BGHS Graduate School in History and Sociology.[4]
Career
Klopfstein started his career as a journalist. His writing has appeared in major Hungarian media outlets, such as the HVG[5][6][7], Nepszava[8], Merce[9], Szombat[10], Kitekinto[11], and Stop.hu.[12] He also worked as a foreign correspondent in the United States, Israel and Latin America. Klopfstein later held research and advocacy fellow positions at Human Rights First, GLOBSEC[13], the ERSTE Foundation[14], and the Budapest Institute.[15] In 2020, he joined the Open Society Foundations.[16] His team oversees grantmaking in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Pro-democracy advocacy
Klopfstein has been involved in several protests and campaigns against the authoritarian policies of Viktor Orban. In 2017, he was one of the organizers of a large demonstration in Budapest against a bill that threatened to shut down the Central European University.[17][18][19][20] More recently, he organized a peaceful protest in front of the Consulate General of Hungary in New York[21].
In response to the Orban government's state-sponsored disinformation campaigns in rural areas, Klopfstein co-founded Print-it-Yourself with fellow journalists in 2017.[22][23][24] Its volunteers distributed more than a million copies of their leaflet both before the 2018 and the 2022 general elections.[25] Following Klopfstein's investigation, Print-it-Yourself broke the story about the Trump administration's withdrawal of a U.S. State Department grant meant to support independent news media in Hungary.[26][27][28]
As part of his broader advocacy efforts, Klopfstein speaks and writes about democratic decline[29][30][31], freedom of information[32][33][34][35], and media plurality[36][37][38][39] across Eastern Europe[40][41][42] and Latin America.[43][44] He advocates for participatory decision-making, citizens' assemblies, and sortition as a mechanism for selecting public officials through a random representative sample.[45][46]
Controversies
In 2011, California-based Hungarian far-right newspaper Kuruc.info published a racist and anti-Semitic article about Klopfstein's work.[47] He was also targeted by conservative media outlets allied with the Orban government.[48][49][50] More recently, his citizen journalism project came under investigation by the Hungarian intelligence service and news outlets allied with the Prime Minister.[51][52][53][54][55]
Personal life
Klopfstein is the great-grandson of the Hungarian-American trade union leader, Ernest Klopfstein.[56] He was a semi-professional basketball player with the Hungarian Division II team Eldorado Basketball Club.[57][58][59]
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