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Hostwriter.org is a non-profit, online-network for journalists from around the world to find, connect with and help each other.
hostwriter.org is a global collaboration network for journalists, journalistic bloggers, journalism students and documentary filmmakers. With the hostwriter search engine you can find colleagues who share your research interests and your journalistic passion.
You can get in touch with each other for sharing contacts, collaborative research or even finding a couch to crush on.
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facebook.comOmar Mohammed, the man behind Mosul Eye عين الموصل will speak a International Journalism Festival #ijf18 in Perugia 📢 bit.ly/2qlYxaj
Cross borders! How to put collaborative journalism into practice Hostwriter co-founder Tabea Grzeszyk together with Brigitte Alfter from Journalismfund.eu, Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin, Annett Heft, and the director of Center for Cooperative Media Stefanie Murray will discuss at the International Journalism Festival best practices and knowledge on collaborative journalism gained through both research and experience.
Search leaks from over 170 public sources and more than 100 million public records thanks to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Their data team developed new features during the last 6 months and brought together more than 200 different datasets. Here is a guide to use it for your investigative piece, by Stella Roque, Iain Collins, and Friedrich Lindenberg for the GIJN - Global Investigative Journalism Network #datajournalism #investigativejournalism hostwriter.org
Looking for a good documentary to watch over the weekend? 'Tauromachy' by Jaime Alekos, the author of Hostwriter's cover picture of the month, will leave you speechless. Watch it for free here: bit.ly/2uPuFIX
“We are being made to feel a particular way by the media we’re consuming, and it is not an organic, cultural phenomenon, but a highly manipulated political phenomenon. Unless you can have free high-quality news, you don’t have an antidote; you really don’t have an antidote.” - says Emily Bell, award-winning journalist and founder of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism. She says in this conversation with Anders Hofseth that public service journalism is more relevant than ever. Nieman Journalism Lab #hostwritereads #crossborders
"From reporting in war zones to threatened democracies, journalists and news organizations rely on fixers for information that is crucial and hard to obtain in a local milieu". freelance journalist Iona Craig, columnist Bobby Ghosh, AFP News Agency reporter Vishal Manve and fixer Rajesh Prabhakar will discuss the evolving relationship between fixer and journalist at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia next week. Are you also attending? On this topic, I remember the words of the photojournalist Mridula Amin on collaboration with local journalists when working abroad: "Local journalists are able to see the bigger picture that you’re not able to see from a country across the sea." Read the whole interview with her here: bit.ly/2Gz2L9E
How can journalists create and foster cross-border collaborations? Hostwriter co-founder Tabea Grzeszyk together with Brigitte Alfter from Journalismfund.eu, Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin, Annett Heft, and the director of Center for Cooperative Media Stefanie Murray will discuss at the International Journalism Festival best practices and knowledge on collaborative journalism. Join us in Perugia! #crossborders! #ijf18
Stories don’t stop at national borders. A story that spans multiple countries and continents requires journalists from the affected regions to work together to highlight the story’s many facets. But how can journalists create and foster these cross-border collaborations? This workshop will discuss exciting new research in the field of cross-border/collaborative journalism in Europe and the U.S. and will offer practical approaches that can be learned and used by anyone. Hostwriter co-founder Tabea Grzeszyk together with Brigitte Alfter from Journalismfund.eu, Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin, Annett Heft, and the director of Center for Cooperative Media Stefanie Murray will discuss best practices and knowledge gained through both research and experience.
This panel at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia on reporting from inside war-torn Yemen sounds very promising. We'll definitely be there listening to the words of la Repubblica journalist Francesca Caferri, freelancer Laura Silvia Battaglia and BBC News reporter Nawal Al-Maghafi. Will you also attend the #ijf18?
Have you seen our cover picture for April? Journalist and Hostwriter member Jaime Alekos took it back in 2008 in downtown Madrid. It features graffiti writer 'Neko' tagging the rooftop of a building in Gran Vía Avenue. Learn more about his work at jaimealekos.com
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