About us

Pauls Raudseps, Chairman of the Board
Pauls Raudseps is one of Latvia’s leading journalists and commentators. He writes on a wide variety of topics, including politics, economics, international affairs, and history. Born in the United States, Mr. Raudseps received a degree in Russian and Soviet Studies from Harvard University. In 1990 he moved to Latvia to work for the Popular Front, the organisation that led the fight for Latvian independence. He was one of the founders of Diena, which for many years was Latvia’s leading daily newspaper. Having worked for almost 19 years at the newspaper as managing editor and editorial page editor, he left Diena in October, 2009, to help found the independent weekly news magazine “Ir”, where he is both a commentator and chairman of the advisory board.

Kristīna Rizga, Board Member
Kristīna was born in Latvia, but relocated to US in 1994. There she worked as a writer and an investigative reporter for 18 years, focusing primarily on environmental issues and public education. Her writing has been published in “The Atlantic”, “Mother Jones”, the “Los Angeles Times”, the “Chicago Tribune”, and “The Nation,” among others. In 2015 she published book “Mission High”, for which she spent four years following five students and their teachers in San Francisco school to illustrate the most essential ingredients of great teaching. In 2011, she and Inga Spriņģe co-founded Re:Baltica

Andrus Vaher, Board Member
After graduating as journalist from University of Tartu in 1992, Andrus Vaher worker in various positions at Estonian business newspaper “Äripäev” (owned by Bonnier Group) until 2004. Then he moved to Russia and became CEO of Bonnier’s business paper in Russia, “Delovoy Peterburg” (2004-2016) and Fontanka.ru (2014 – 2016). After Bonnier sold all media assets in Russia after invasion of Ukraine in 2014, Mr. Vaher worked as CEO for “Bonnier Business Forum” for the next five years. In 2021, he launched “Investoru klubs” in Latvia and in 2022 Russian media outlet “Repost” in Tallinn which uses social media to cover Russian aggression towards Ukraine and changes in Russian society at its sharp turn into totalitarian state.

Dmitrijs Bauļins, Board Member
Dmitrijs Bauļins is a partner and Chief Investment Officer of Swiss asset management boutique “HQAM” as well as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Latvian investment company “Alphinox”. Mr. Bauļins spent his entire 20 year career managing Swiss and German institutional and private clients assets. He relocated back to Latvia in 2020.

Inga Spriņģe is an award winning investigative journalist, broadcaster and one of the two founders of Re:Baltica. In 2010/2011, Spriņģe was a Fulbright/Humphrey scholar and spent a year in the University of Maryland, working as intern in The Washington Post and The Center for Public Integrity. In 2014 Spriņģe was named as one of the “outstanding challengers from Central and Eastern Europe” in the project NewEurope100 supported by Google and Financial Times. She has been the head of Latvian Journalists Association and is co-teaching Media literacy class at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga). Springe spent fall of 2018 at Harriman Institute at Columbia University to create a media management program at SSE Riga.

Sanita Jemberga is journalist, author and broadcaster who was worked in media in her native Latvia since 1996. Apart from leading Re:Baltica, she currently serves on board of Media Center of Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, as well as a publisher “Cits Medijs” which she co-founded with three colleagues after oligarchs took over leading media company. In collaboration with OSCE, UNESCO, Thomson Reuters Foundation, SSE Riga and others, Sanita regularly teaches courses on investigative journalism, news management, and other subjects. Additionally, Sanita has been working as a media expert in international election observation missions for 16 years. When she has time, Sanita writes scripts for documentaries.

Evita Puriņa leads Re:Baltica’s fact-checking and social media research hub, Re:Check. Previously, she worked as a correspondent for the leading Latvian daily in Riga and Brussels, and as an editor-in-chief in the one of the best regional newspapers. She is also the main content creator for media literacy program Full Thought, which is taught in schools, and was a regular contributor to public broadcaster’s special fact checking column: before we stole her from them.

Inese Braže used to work in the Latvian newspaper Diena and produce TV with Janis Domburs for Delfi TV, but now she is with us working as an investigative journalist/researcher and producing a satirical show By The Way. She graduated from Rigas Stradinsh university and is Distinguished Humphrey fellowship program alumni.

Annija Petrova is a Re:Baltica and Re:Check journalist. Annija graduated University of Latvia, she has bachelor’s degree in communication science and master’s degree in political science. Before Re:Baltica Annija for several years used to work in the News service of Latvia’s public broadcaster Latvian Radio.

Ronalds Siliņš is a Re:Check journalist. Ronalds has a master’s degree in biology with specialization in microbiology from University of Copenhagen. Before Re:Check, he worked as an editor for the Latvian edition of Science Illustrated (Ilustrētā Zinātne).

Olga Dragiļeva is an experienced journalist who, in her more than 15-year-long career, has worked in several leading Latvian media. She gained recognition as an investigative journalist on the LTV broadcast “DeFacto” and as the host and author of the Delfi TV broadcast “Kāpēc.” Olga holds a master’s degree from the University of Tampere in Finland.

Ieva Strazdiņa is Community relations manager and Project manager at Re:Baltica. She has bachelor’s degree in International economic relations and a master’s degree in Project management. She also can’t imagine life without books and tries to encourage others to read more.

Madara Eihe appeared as someone who wanted to volunteer for Re:Baltica. Little did she know that she will end up as our regular illustrator and the technical guru.

Elizabete Rode creates content for Re:Baltica’s social media accounts and is currently studying Materials Technology and Design at Riga Technical University.

Emīls Ernests “Miko” Rode is responsible for creating illustrations and animations on Re:Baltica’s social media platforms. He is a full-time architecture student at Riga Technical University and designer at the fashion brand Tribal Hotel.