Presentation Hostwriter EJTA AGM Munich 2017

1. EJTA conference Munich, May 19th, 2017

2. How Cross-border Journalism can
overcome national bias.
A „cure“ against
fake news?

4. #FakeNews

6. #FakeNews vs. National Bias?

7. Stories don't stop at the border,
so journalists shouldn't either.

8. • Overcoming national bias and prejudice is crucial to serve a well
informed civil society.
• Increased polarization and a thickening of echo chamber walls in
Europe and worldwide.
• Foreign bureaus are closing and tighter budgets mean less travel
opportunities.
• Profession is increasingly freelance.
The Problem

9. »The future of journalism in three words:
collaboration, collaboration, collaboration.«
What can we do?
Charles Lewis

10. • #PanamaPapers or #FootballLeaks have shown the impact of
cross-border investigations.
• The method of cross-border journalism is not just for superstars,
it can be learned and practiced widely.
• Hostwriter provides access to journalists in 120 countries who can
be contacted for advice, co-authorship or even accomodation.
• All journalists provide work samples by way of professional
verification. Membership is free of charge.
Learning from the pioneers

11. Collaborate with
journalists worldwide…

12. …through hostwriter.

13. Enabling better reporting by facilitating cross
border contacts between journalists worldwide.
Overall objective

14. What hostwriters do
CouchCo-authorshipAdvice

15. We are a global network for contact and
collaboration between journalists.
Founded in August 2013
Online since May 2014
2.700+ journalists in 120 countries
In a nutshell

16. How it works
Search journalists worldwide

17. How it works
Find journalists by location, expertise, language, …

18. How it works
Contact and save your results

19. How hostwriters have
already succeeded

20. Advice & Couch
@mcatanzaro • Barcelona
»Thanks to @hostwriter I have found accommodation
to join a conference for an investigation I am doing.
Great service and new journo friends!«
@pen1710 • Cologne
»Completely flashed by @hostwriter. I have never seen
so many journos interested in collaboration in one
place. #readytogo«
@herrstang • Heidelberg
»Met up with hostwriter members @DirkLiesemer and
@AarniK in Accra, Ghana. #networking«

21. Co-authorship
@giannellisilvia • Lucca
»After having used hostwriter to
do a story about #refugees I’m
even more convinced that
international collaboration is the
key to quality journalism.«

22. Crossborder Projects
A temporary European newsroom for journalists

23. The Agora Project outtake from Slack
Crossborder Projects

24. The hostwriter prize
1st place
Dreamland Europe?
Many Bangladeshi
refugees wish they
had never left
Riazul Islam, Mir Zabeda
Yeasmin and Hossain Abdul Hai
(from left to right)
2nd place
Post-factual truths –
Social media myths
fuel false hopes
Tarek Khello and Christian
Werner’s TV report
Kaliningrad
»We will travel to the
place where cold war
tensions between Russia
and the West are most
visible and tangible.«
Chat animators
in Mauritius
»The job of animateur
chat has become very
popular tricking
thousands.«
hostwriterprizepitchprize

25. Applications to the 2017 round are now open.
Deadline: July 31st, 2017
hostwriter prize 2017

26. Let’s collaborate.