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European Journalism – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

On September 13th, 2016, the New York Times invited our Greek partner Oikomedia and us to jointly organise a panel discussion about European journalism at this year’s NYT Athens Democracy Forum. Our starting point was a question: Why has European… Continue Reading →

Hostwriter supports mentoring programme for journalists in exile

The journalist network Neue deutsche Medienmacher (NDM) organises a traineeship for exiled and immigrant journalists with the goal of diversifying the German media landscape. Hostwriter supports the project as a partner. The new Neue deutsche Medienmacher (NDM) training programme is directed at young German journalists with immigrant… Continue Reading →

Hostwriter Meets Oikomedia at Tandem Europe

When we came across the Greek journalism platform Oikomedia our first thought was “Oh dear, that’s very similar to what we are doing.” As strong advocates of collaboration in journalism we decided to follow our own example and go for… Continue Reading →

InPerspective: “The stringers are our journalists”

We are happy to announce a new exciting partner of Hostwriter. When we were introduced to each other it felt like match made in heaven. Hostwriter provides an infrastructure for journalists while InPerspective offers an outlet for publishing and translating international… Continue Reading →

“We want to change the Mass Media Image of Refugees”

A story collaboration by Elina Makri, Athens & Tabea Grzeszyk, Berlin This is how Elina from Athens described our spontaneous cooperation last week: „Since our governments do not collaborate effectively on the emergency issue of refugees, I decided with Tabea,… Continue Reading →

Save the Date: Hostwriter at re:publica 15 on May 5th, Berlin

We are part of it: re:publica 15, Europe’s leading conference on Internet and Society, will take place in Berlin. On Tuesday, 5th of May at 5.15 pm, you will find Hostwriter and our international partners on a panel: #rp15: Finding… Continue Reading →

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 →

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 →

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