Weβre looking forward to connecting, exchanging ideas, and hearing your stories.
So if youβre around, come talk to me, @gsrmari3.bsky.social, @fluturakusari.bsky.social, @denizbozkurt.bsky.social!
A true champion of press freedom will take the helm as chair of this yearβs #IJ4EU Impact Award jury.
So happy to have Gill Phillips leading the charge in selecting Europeβs most impactful watchdog journalism.
π€ How do we move from co-existence to collaboration between exiled and local journalists?
Join our workshop on 27 July at Berlinβs Museum for Communication, where weβll design practical strategies to break silos and build cross-border cooperation: www.mfk-berlin.de/aktionstag-n...
π I am so excited for this announcement!
Registration for UNCOVERED is now open:
βοΈ We'll be back in Athens on 25 Sept., hosted by
iMEdD International Journalism Forum, for honest discussions about cross-border investigative journalism.
πSecure your spot!
uncovered25.sched.com/registration
The Only Material is one of the most meaningful projects Iβve been part of.
It shares the words of Ukrainian journalists, who set out to report on justice, climate, daily life and now carry the weight of documenting war.
Join us on 26 June for the opening at the Museum for Communication, Berlin.
π Since its beginnings in 2025, MFRR has documented over 5,000 alerts on press freedom threats across Europe:
π₯ 8,523 media workers affected
π£ 22 killed.
π Check MFRR's latest fact sheet mapping a worsening trend.
2/3 weniger fΓΌr ECPMF? Sachsens Haushaltsentwurf 2025/26 gefΓ€hrdet Journalistenschutz & Medienfreiheit in ganz Europa.
Jetzt ist die Zeit, laut zu werden β Pressefreiheit braucht starke UnterstΓΌtzung!
π Tick tock! Only 2 weeks left to apply for the #IJ4EU Impact Award 2025!
If your cross-border investigation drove change, recognition (and β¬5,000!) could be just around the corner.
π Submit your nomination now: uncovered.ij4.eu
π Berlin wird zum Hotspot: Mit 62 Angriffen ist Berlin 2024 das gefΓ€hrlichste Bundesland fΓΌr Journalist:innen β und ΓΌberholt damit erstmals Sachsen.
πͺ§ Demonstrationen = Gefahr: 76 % aller Angriffe fanden auf Demonstrationen statt, vor allem bei pro-palΓ€stinensischen Versammlungen. Berichterstattung ist hΓ€ufig nur unter entsprechendem Schutz mΓΆglich.
π¨ 98 kΓΆrperliche Angriffe auf Journalist:innen in Deutschland im Jahr 2024 β so viele wie nie seit Beginn der Langzeitbeobachtung in 2015.
Die neue Feindbild Journalist:in Studie ist jetzt verΓΆffentlicht!
www.ecpmf.eu/feindbild-jo...
π Correcting myself. The nominations open on 24 February 2025.
π¨ Investigative journalists, assemble! π¨
π΅οΈββοΈπHas your cross-border team uncovered something BIG in 2024? The #IJ4EU Impact Award is looking for groundbreaking investigations β nominations open 27 Feb!
π Celebrate your work. β¨
For more informationπ
β‘ Happening today β‘
How has media freedom in Poland evolved after the 2023 elections? MFRRβs upcoming webinar on January 28 at 14:00 CET will discuss findings from our recent mission, featuring leading media experts: www.mfrr.eu/depoliticisi...
Get your news fact-checked by journalists. Not billionaires.
On January 7, Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta would end collaboration with US fact-checkers, calling EU platform regulations "censorship."
Our Advocacy Officer Ena BavΔiΔ explains how BigTech platforms amplify hate speech and neglect vulnerable communities.
www.ecpmf.eu/eu-must-not-...
#JeSuisCharlie
βοΈ Illustration by our Journalist-in-Residence Zehra ΓmeroΔlu
π£Journalists collaborating across borders in Europe, applications for the #IJ4EU grants reaching up to β¬50,000 to support investigative projects are now open!
β³ Do not forget to apply until March 10.
#CreativeEurope
New Year is a good chance to start supporting independent journalism. Don't miss it.
Current&former #IJ4EU grantees, this one's for you! @fluturakusari.bsky.social will host an online workshop on mitigating legal risks for investigative journalists. Donβt miss this engaging&practical session on 23 Jan at 11:00 CET.
@globalfreemedia.bsky.social @ecpmf.bsky.social @journalismarena.eu
π
Slightly lower key than the #Olympics2024Paris but an equally exciting competition is on for the #IJ4EU Impact Award 24.
πCheck out the 10 great cross-border investigations shortlisted for our award.
Winners will be announced on 26 Sep. in Athens at UNCOVERED Conference hosted by iMEdD.
πCross-border teams, this call is for you: If you published an investigation shedding light on an European issue last year, nominate your story for a chance to join the three winners of the #IJ4EU Impact Award 2024! @ecpmf.bsky.social
β More info:
investigativejournalismforeu.net/awards/the-ij4β¦
π The #IJ4EU fund is back with β¬2M in grants to foster cross-border investigative journalism in Europe! From combating corruption to protecting human rights, our initiative is set to empower stories that matter.
Check out all the details below β¬οΈ
www.investigativejournalismforeu.net/ij4eu-reboot...
of going cross-border emerged (perhaps coincidentally) in parallel to a global turn in social sciences and humanities,
2. and presents research and practical gaps in the field (still relevant 5 years later).
π Cannot wait to reread it with the students. 8/8
smaller teams and environments where journalistic networks are not thriving, looking at the problems and hardships that they face.
I enjoyed two things particularly:
1. the book remembers to replace cbij as a subject in an scholarly context, showing how the phenomenon 7/8
networks were established or groundbreaking investigations got published, painting a clear picture of the functioning of cross-border projects.
Noted, the book often gives space to larger collabs or well-known stories, but it does acknowledge 6/8
as it can the experienced journo, as the step-by-step approach can easily function as a checklist making one aware of both the necessary steps to take and the steps that escaped the attention along the way.
I love that the book uses examples of how certain organisations and 5/8
from comprehensive literature review and several interviews with prominent names in the field, creating a lovely balance between a textbook's academic tradition and a journalist's lively, observant style. CBJC can benefit students and emerging journos interested in cbij 4/8
collaborations, and taking the reader through different steps and stages of investigations with/in international teams of journalists. Hence it draws a realistic yet optimistic picture.
The book benefits not only from Alfter's own extensive experience and knowledge but also 3/8
reading, which I began hoping it'd make me a better contact for my network and a more equipped lecturer for a seminar I'll teach soon.
CBCJ is a textbook putting transnational collaboration in journalism in historical context, drawing on the benefits and pitfalls of such 2/8
