The Directory of European Journalism Networks is a live and searchable database of journalism networks, media hubs, collectives and groups mainly from Europe, focusing on collaborative and crossborder journalism. It was launched in January 2024 and currently presents 35 networks from Europe. This platform would like to serve as a central hub, facilitating connections between media professionals based on geographic focus, function and purpose. The Directory is not only a reference tool but a living infrastructure that supports collaboration, visibility, and knowledge exchange among journalism networks and AI-related initiatives across Europe and beyond. The Directory aims to help journalists to find each other, connect and work together and it is free to use.
Who is in the Directory?
Networks that are independent with no affiliation to a political party, and observe standards of accuracy, fairness and transparency in their journalism.The Directory of European Journalism Networks is a live, searchable database of journalism networks, collectives, hubs, unions and groups from Europe, focusing on collaborative and crossborder journalism. The directory aims to support and inspire journalists who document stories that span country boundaries or require interdisciplinary teams, by helping them to find each other, connect and work-together.
Networks that are structured collaboration between multiple independent journalists or media organizations, who work together – share resources, knowledge, infrastructure – across organizational, geographic, or thematic boundaries to achieve shared goals of journalism
Networks that are global or based in one of the member countries of the Council of Europe or in one of the countries eligible for any strand of the Creative Europe initiative. The collaborations may operate locally, nationally, regionally, or globally.
Networks can take both formal (legal) and semi-formal organizational structure (secretariat, membership, projects) while the editorial independence and autonomy of members remains
On the directory website, you are able to submit your network/group to the listing; search by geography, subject expertise, skills to identify and contact future collaborators; read network profiles and interviews with network coordinators to better understand the scope of collaborative work.
All network profiles are submitted voluntarily by network managers or by a member of the journalism collective or media group featured.
About CIJI3
The Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative 3 (CIJI3) project brings together a diverse and resourceful group of partners from across Europe to address the challenges facing independent media and investigative journalism in the region.
The project’s primary objective is to enhance and reinstate the role of independent media as a reliable source of information for the public, and to support sustainable investigative journalism in Europe.
The CIJI3 project addresses several key issues, including the severe financial struggles and technological challenges faced by independent media outlets, which threatens the viability of high-quality, fact-based reporting.
This context is exacerbated by the need for greater collaboration and cooperation among journalists, media organizations, and media sustainability and outreach experts across borders.
The rise of disinformation and manipulation of information in the digital age further complicates the landscape, necessitating effective strategies and creative solutions to counter these threats.
Coordinated by Tactical Tech (TT), this consortium includes Reporters without Borders (RSF), Free Press Unlimited (FPU), Fundacja Reporterow (FR), Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT), and Delfi.
For more information about our project and the activities, please contact: eva@fpee.eu, genia@fpee.eu and elskamp@freepressunlimited.org.
About Free Press Unlimited
FPU is a non-profit organisation based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, that works to make independent news and information available to everyone, particularly in countries with limited (press) freedom. Free Press Unlimited helps journalists and media professionals with emergency support, advice, training and capacity building in more than 50 countries, together with over 300 partners worldwide.
With this project FPU aims to contribute to media pluralism across Europe, by strengthening the quality of collaborative, cross-border and independent journalism to enable European citizens to become better informed and active citizens in their communities.
The Journalism Trust Initiative
The Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) by Reporters Without Borders is a transparency and accountability tool for journalism. It is built on a set of criteria for trustworthiness, that allow for media outlets of all sizes and stripes to self-evaluate their compliance and to get independently audited and certified if they choose to.
E3J is using the JTI as an instrument to safeguard the integrity of all participants. By registering an account, not only the relevant Terms of Service and privacy policies are applied and mutually recognized, but also the distinct JTI Pledge. It establishes a common understanding of value-based journalism and binds all actors publicly.
Read the JTI Pledge here.
