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Talking About Cross-Border Journalism with Brigitte Alfter

Brigitte Alfter has recently published a book stressing the importance of cross-border collaborations in journalism. She aims at providing a step-by-step approach on what to consider when working with foreign colleagues – and why there is little choice but to do so…. Continue Reading →

Get to Know Our 1000th Member!

We present our 1000th member, Bernd Debusmann. Bernd’s BIO He is half-Mexican, half-German and grew up in Mexico City and Washington, DC. WORK: Bernie works at the Khaleej Times in Dubai, one of the most widely circulated English-language newspapers in the GCC. Previously… Continue Reading →

Hostwriter @ Social Media Week Hamburg, Feb 26th, 2015

Entrepreneurial Journalism: Do media startups have a tough time with it? Welcome to the Social Media Week Hamburg! Hostwriter cofounder Tabea Grzeszyk joins a panel discussion with Wolfang Macht (Netzpiloten.de) and Markus Huth & Oliver Agliani (SiehdieWelt.com). What are the… Continue Reading →

Hostwriter Participates @ Impactathon Berlin Feb 7th, 2015

What is an “Impactathon”? And why was Hostwriter invited to the event at Bethaus Berlin? This is how Lily Mathews from Net Impact, San Francisco, explains  it.

New Year, New Team, New Inspiration!

Hostwriter.org held its first annual team meeting in the Social Lab in Kreuzberg, Berlin and discussed the happenings of the last months as well as the strategy for 2015. We proudly present the new extended team: (from left to right)… Continue Reading →

The Hostwriter Prize: CONGRATULATIONS to all winners!

We are very happy to announce the winners of the Hostwriter Prize! Thanks to the Otto Sprenger foundation, we can award grants to each one of our finalists: €5.000 for the first place, €2.000 for the second and €1.000 each… Continue Reading →

The Hostwriter Prize, 1st Place: The Climate News Mosaic

Silvia Giannelli (Italy), Ido Liven (Israel), Diego Arguedas Ortiz (Costa Rica), Imelda Abano (The Philippines), Lou Del Bello  (Italy /UK), Justin Gerdes (USA), Anja Krieger (Germany), Stephen Leahy (Candada), Komila Nabiyeva  (Germany), Fabiola Ortiz (Brazil), Mantoe Phakathi (Swaziland), Elena Roda… Continue Reading →

The Hostwriter Prize, 2nd Place: “Fleeing Kobane: Only the things they could carry“

By Abed al-Qaisi (Palestinian territory), Matthew Vickery (Scotland) & Sheren Khalel (Palestinian territory/USA)  “What do people take with them when they onlyhave a matter of seconds or minutes to escape? What stories, histories, emotions and thoughts does that item bring,… Continue Reading →

The Hostwriter Prize – we’re delighted to present the winners!

Dear Hostwriters, colleagues & friends, thanks to the Otto Sprenger foundation, we can award grants to each one of our finalists: €5.000 for the first place, €2.000 for the second and €1.000 each for the third to fifth place. Today,… Continue Reading →

The Hostwriter Prize, 3rd Place: “Some work some play. India’s working children unionists”

Gayatri Parameswaran (India) & Felix Gaedtke (Germany) “We first met the boys in 2012 when they were 11 years old. When we met them in the summer of 2014, it was disconcerting to find out that they had both dropped… Continue Reading →

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