Transitions Online is an international publishing and media development organization based in Prague. Our mission is to improve the professionalism, independence, and impact of the news media in the 29 post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union.

Our online magazine launched in 1999 as the successor to the Open Media Research Institute (OMRI) and the print journal Transitions. Past articles from TOL and past issues of Transitions magazine are available online to TOL members at our archive. Membership fees and information are available at our subscription center.

Training journalists has been a key part of TOL’s mission from the outset. From our early emphasis on online, on-the-job training for young reporters, we have expanded into organizing specialized seminars for the region’s journalists on blogging, harnessing new media tools, and covering a range of subjects (diversity, education, EU integration, war crimes, corruption). To date, TOL has helped improve the writing and reporting skills of hundreds of journalists from the region.

For more information about Transitions Online contact transitions@tol.org or visit our TOL and TOL Training Facebook pages.