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Hostwriter Launches HostWIRE: a Global Crowdsourcing Tool for Journalists

Press Release (Berlin, Germany)  27 November 2018 – Hostwriter, the open network that allows journalists to easily collaborate across borders, has launched HostWIRE – a new global crowdsourcing tool for journalists. HostWIRE is a chatroom where journalists can interact quickly and… Continue Reading →

Cross-border Journalism Booklets for Downloading

Hostwriter has published two booklets explaining the “Method” and the “Mindset” behind cross-border journalism. These booklets are the basis for presentations we give to journalism organizations. “Cross-border Journalism as a Method” is based on the work of investigative journalist Brigitte… Continue Reading →

Arthur Debruyne: How collaborative journalism won us a prize

Journalist Arthur Debruyne shares how together with Nigerian reporter Kolawole Talabi they managed to produce their investigative article Fish for cash: How the EU robs Africa of its seafood, awarded with the 2018 Hostwriter Story Prize. Their article was one of the… Continue Reading →

Why Visa Privilege is a Press Freedom Issue

Imagine two journalists want to investigate a story about corruption in the tomato trade between Gambia and Italy. A journalist with a British passport can travel to Italy cover the Italian side and then travel visa-free to Gambia in order… Continue Reading →

Irene Casseli Shares How Her Team Produced Their Prize-Winning Story

Irene Caselli won the 2018 Hostwriter Story Prize together with Mariangela Maturi, Claudia Jardim and Emil Staulund Larsen for their reportage A Girls’ Game: The Unlevel Playing Field of Women’s Football – Nadia Nadim. How did they gather support to produce this cross-border series?… Continue Reading →

HostWIRE: A short tutorial

HostWIRE is our new global crowdsourcing tool to help you connect with other journalists and to find and share journalism knowledge and resources. It’s a chatroom where you can interact quickly and easily with other Hostwriter members. Are you looking… Continue Reading →

Takeaways from Our First Ever Ambassador Summit

Hostwriter is a global network of journalists dedicated to promoting cross-border collaboration. Last month, we had our first ever Ambassador Summit in Warsaw, Poland, which brought together thirty experienced journalists from all over the world — from Myanmar to Madagascar — to meet one another and… Continue Reading →

Share Your Feedback for a Chance to Win a Ticket to GIJC in Hamburg

Would you like the chance to win a ticket to the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Hamburg in 2019? Here’s how it works: We’d love to improve Hostwriter, and your feedback would help us find out what works well and… Continue Reading →

SIRAJ Reports on Hostwriter Ambassador Summit

SIRAJ – the Syrian Investigative Reporting for Accountability Journalism – reported on Hostwriter’s Ambassador Summit in both English and Arabic.   “In the presence of 28 professional and investigative journalists from around the world, the summit of the HostwriterAmbassadors in Warsaw, Poland,  27th to… Continue Reading →

From Visas to Vodcasts – Hostwriter’s First Ambassador Summit

From 25-29 September 2018, thirty Hostwriter members from all continents traveled via planes, trains and automobiles – and trams, as well – to attend the first-ever Ambassador Summit in Warsaw, Poland. Some traveled up to 72 hours and navigated complex… Continue Reading →

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