Don´t get me wrong: I love Hamra, the bustling hub in Beirut with nice cafés, fancy bars and a good nightlife. I enjoy staying here with my two roommates and the four cats. But last week, I really had it…. Continue Reading →
Mohammed Ali Nayel, 31, journalist & fixer from Beirut Moe Ali Nayel started working as a fixer for international journalists in the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon. Confronted with news coverage that felt to him „completely a-factual and sensationalist“, Nayel… Continue Reading →
“Verbunden aber nicht vernetzt – Von der mangelnden Zusammenarbeit in der Netzgemeinde”: Zu diesem Thema haben wir am 12. November 2013 im Rahmen der Berliner Hinterhofgespräche von Politik Digital gesprochen. Netzpilot und Moderator Tobias Schwarz sprach mit der Autorin und Unternehmerin Nicole… Continue Reading →
One thing I know for sure: Without local contacts or fellow journalists, you´re kind of lost in Lebanon! Above the surface, things could make you believe that everything´s alright. The Syrian civil war seems far away when you strall along… Continue Reading →
I had a safe trip to Beirut on Saturday afternoon, enjoyed spending most of Sunday chatting in the kitchen with my new flatmate (a professional belly-dancer and a very cool lady, you´ll meet her soon!) and prepared myself for the… Continue Reading →
Does Hostwriter work? How far can you go when you collaborate with colleagues? Thanks to an IJP Middle East Fellowship, co-founder Tabea Grzeszyk will spend the next two months in Lebanon. There, she is going to put Hostwriter through a… Continue Reading →
Maybe we should have made it easier for our colleagues Carolina Quesada & Chris Cottrell at the shooting of our hostwriter-clip: “Journalists-centered”, “collaborative network”, “one stop-shop-interface”? The script was just a little tongue-twisting: We are still struggling to define our claim… Continue Reading →
It all started with a bureaucratic act: With the input of €33 each, the journalists Tamara Anthony, Sandra Zistl and Tabea Grzeszyk founded hostwriter as a non-profit company in Hamburg on September 23rd. However, at the time being, Tamara was just… Continue Reading →
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