RECLAIMING REALITY: An n-counter for border-crossing journalists, 2-3 October 2026, Berlin

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Networking Journalism

Amid growing political and economic pressures, journalists face multiple obstacles in showing us a complex world. Our media conferences, research trips and events provide spaces where we connect, share insights, and support each other.

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An n-counter for border-crossing journalists

Started in 2026, ongoing
Location: Germany

After the kitchen talk: Captured, Contested or Reclaimed? The Battle for Media in Central and Eastern Europe

kitchen talk: Reporting on Global China

n-ost news & upcoming events

Call for Tenders: Develop Digital Map within the Project “Communicating Climate: A Network of Journalists and Experts to Promote Climate Action in Central Asia”

Call for Applications: Life Under Occupation 2.0

Call for Tenders: Final Evaluation of “Fight for Facts!”

After the kitchen talk: Captured, Contested or Reclaimed? The Battle for Media in Central and Eastern Europe

Join our team: German language Editor for euro|topics

PULSE 2026: New Formats & Open Calls Now Live!

Seizing Synergies hosts networking evening in Yerevan

Seizing Synergies meet in Yerevan

Apply Now for the "Reporting Resilient Cities" Project!

Apply for the "EU Reporting Beyond Slogans" Project

Central Asian Journalists Gather in Astana to Sharpen Climate Reporting Skills

Science Communication Training and Climate Dialogue in Kyrgyzstan

After the kitchen talk: Dismantling Orbánism – Scenarios for a new Hungarian Media Landscape

After the kitchen talk: How to challenge Big Tech and regain public Trust in Journalism?

Apply now: Climate Journalism Conference in Astana

After the kitchen talk: What do we really know about Life under Occupation?

Research Award Eastern Europe - Deadline extended

After the kitchen talk: Reporting Climate in turbulent Times – Lessons from COP30

Open call: SPOTLIGHTING – Turning the Lens on Journalism – deadline extended

After the kitchen talk: Narratives on Migration in German Media

Media Camp on frontline reporting takes place in Ukraine

Call for Tenders: Evaluation of a project Communicating Climate in Central Asia

After the kitchen talk: Visual Truth vs Synthetic Photographs

Digging More Deeply Workshop: Climate Investigations in Eastern Partnership Countries

Introducing Climate Journalists Joining “Digging More Deeply” Project in EaP Countries

Call for Tenders: Feasibility Study on Strengthening Independent Media in Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and Armenia

War Reporting Bootcamp. n-ost invites Ukrainian regional journalists for training in the Carpathians

Climate Journalism Workshop Held in Tbilisi

Workshop on Media Resilience Against Disinformation Held in Warsaw

Health Journalism in Focus: International Workshop Held in Tbilisi

Statement on n-ost being classified ‘undesirable organisation’ in Russia

Fight for Facts! meet-up: editors and managers tackle shared challenges

Journalists gathered in Kyiv to learn to report on occupation

After the kitchen talk: Bosnian Media and the Genocide – 30 Years after

Unit Network Meeting 2025 - Call for Applications

Apply for History Unit stipend to create queer history content

Meeting with Journalists and Communicators in Tashkent

About Central Asian Climate Journalism and Communication School

After the kitchen talk: „Frieden verhandeln im Krieg“

Pride funding in flux | History Unit newsletter '06 25

After the kitchen talk: Nuclear, again?

Explore New History Unit Publications

Apply to the “Life Under Occupation” Project

Call for EaP and EU Journalists to Join Climate Journalism Workshop in Chisinau!

Workshop for Climate Journalists and Communicators from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

Workshop for Climate Journalists and Communicators from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

Improving interview skills: n-ost invites journalists from Ukrainian regions to participate in a media camp

Call for Tenders: Project Evaluation for "The Europe-Ukraine Desk"

2 years since the launch of The Europe-Ukraine Desk

NGO-Letter: German government must strengthen independent media in Eastern Europe

Letter to heads of conservative parties after attack on German NGOs

n-ost hosted the 3rd study visit to Kyiv for journalists from the EU

The Time for Queer Commemoration - News from History Unit, Feb '25

Earth Journalism Network features Spheres of Influence Uncovered story on best stories of 2024 list

Queer Stories Past and Present: New Publications from History Unit

bºfuture 24: How eurotopics fosters European public sphere

Reporting Together: German and Ukrainian journalists formed cross-border teams

Europe-Ukraine Desk supported grants

Inside Our Workshop in Germany - News from History Unit, Nov ‘24

Call for EU Journalists to Join 2025 Study Visit to Kyiv

Final Conference of Online Journalism, in-depth

Cross-border Pride: News from History Unit, Oct ‘24

n-ost and Stiftung Frauenkirche open photo-exhibition in Dresden

Workshop for climate journalists was organised as part of the n-ost Climate Journalism Conference in Tbilisi

Apply now: Funded Participation at COP29 for Central Asian Journalists

How to report on war crimes? We invite journalists from Ukraine to a media camp in the Carpathians

A Queer Museum in Warsaw? Yes, Please!

Grants for journalistic work about Ukraine

'Ultrasounds of death' by Mariana Verbovska won Ukrainian competition 'Honor of the Profession'

Ukrainian journalists on their journey to Berlin, Paris, and Madrid

From Anxiety to Insight: History Unit Holds Workshop in Poland

Journalists from Ukrainian regions participated in the Media Camp

euro|topics analyses major European debates

Apply now: Climate Journalism Conference in Tbilisi

Ukrainian journalists visit Budapest, Sofia and Rome

Berlin Hosts Screening of The Babushkas of Chernobyl as Part of Chernobyl Week

Cross-border journalism in practice: creating connections in the audience and in the newsroom

Launch of EECCA Climate Journalists and Communicators Network

Webinar Trust in automated journalism – findings on readers perspective

Webinar Explore Current Trends in HIV Work Across Eurasia

n-ost cinema presents: (13.03.) Double feature of two Ukrainian filmmakers

n-ost & London Transport Museum open joint photo exhibition

goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film 2024

Call for proposals: Conference on Climate Journalism in Eastern Europe and Caucasus, Tbilisi 27-29 August

Exploring Parenthood: Ampop's In-Depth Coverage on Surrogacy and Selective Abortions

Webinar How to Work with Complex Topics (Climate and Health) on Instagram/TikTok

Webinar How to reach your audience and find sources from the diaspora?

n-ost cinema presents am 08. Februar "Alles anders machen - Das kurze Leben der Ost-taz"

Webinar Recap: Climate Change Impacts and Responses in the EECCA Region

Webinar: How to build, engage, and monetise your community?

Investigative documentary video that sheds light on the present condition of the Debed river basin in both Armenian and Georgian territories

Webinar on Climate Change Impacts and Responses in the EECCA Region

Webinar Recap: How does climate change impact on health?

Apply now: grants for publication projects on climate change, health, or the information society

Webinar How does climate change impact on health?

Op-Eds: What do they look like?

Journalists of 16 regional media met in Lviv for the launch of Fight for Facts!

Webinar Recap: Sustainable Cities: Adapting to Climate Change in EECCA

Webinar Recap: Adaptation to climate change in agriculture in EECCA

Webinar Sustainable Cities: Adapting to Climate Change in EECCA

Gender-based violence in Kazakhstan

Competing Narratives workshop - when journalists are knowledge multipliers

In Düsseldorf: "Next Station Ukraine" n-ost photo exhibition

In Cologne: "Next Station Ukraine" n-ost photo exhibition

Call for Ukrainian journalists to join EUD Fellowship 2024 (closed)

Fight For Facts! Call for applications

Relaunch of n-ost.org

Competing Narratives meet in Tbilisi

Unit meeting in Krakow and book presentation

euro|topics discusses press freedom in Istanbul

Call for journalists for the EUD Fellowship 2024 (closed)

Unit: special issues and kitchen talks

Next Station Ukraine Berlin 2022

Ukrainian journalists visit Budapest, Rome, Sofia and Madrid

European Images - All Newsletter issues II

Competing narratives meet in Yerevan

© Media Initiatives Center

European Images - All Newsletter issues

Next Station Ukraine in Prague

Next Station Ukraine in Berlin

Next Station Ukraine in Hamburg

Support the crowdfunding for independent Ukrainian radio Hromadske

Ukrainian journalists came with a study visit to Berlin, Brussels and Paris

Call for Application: Competing Narratives

EU journalists explored war-time Kyiv

EUD Fellowship 2023: Call for journalists from Ukraine (closed)

EUD Fellowship 2023: Call for EU journalists (closed)

n-ost guidelines on how to work on Ukraine and Russia in times of war

Does disinformation pose a threat to our democracy?

kitchen talk: Reporting on Global China

kitchen talk: Captured, Contested or Reclaimed? The Battle for Media in Central and Eastern Europe

kitchen talk: The Image as Witness – Documenting Belarusian Interiors

kitchen talk: Dismantling Orbánism – Scenarios for a new Hungarian Media Landscape

Central Asian Climate Journalism and Communication Conference

kitchen talk: How to challenge Big Tech and regain public Trust in Journalism?

Exhibition opening: SPOTLIGHTING – Turning the Lens on Journalism

kitchen talk: Post-COP30 – What’s happening with the global and EU Climate Agenda?

kitchen talk: What do we really know about Life under Occupation?

kitchen talks meet Exile Talks: Covering life under Russian Occupation

Final History Unit Presentation: Art, Strength, and Continuity

kitchen talks meet Exile Talks: Narratives on Migration in German Media

kitchen talk: Visual Truth vs Synthetic Photographs

Displacement, Memory, and Joy: New History Unit publications' presentation

Cancelled: kitchen talk goes picnic: Does cross-border journalistic collaboration contribute to a European public sphere (or not)?

kitchen talk: Bosnian Media and the Genocide – 30 Years after

Join the online presentation of new History Unit publications

kitchen talk: „Frieden verhandeln im Krieg“ (book presentation and discussion in German)

kitchen talk: Nuclear, again? Political Narratives on the Future of Energy Supply in Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia

n-ost at Café Kyiv 2025

Queer Displacement, Then and Now: Open Call for Journalistic Workshop by History Unit

Apr 22–28 2025

kitchen talk goes Kino Krokodil: Lines of Conflict in a polarised Hungary

Mapping Spheres of Influence: Data Journalism Conference in Samarkand

Nov 19–22 2024

Climate Journalism and Communication Training in Almaty

Apr 15–18 2025

kitchen talk: "War Correspondent" – A Czech Radio Reporter in Ukraine

kitchen talk: Press Freedom under Pressure in Azerbaijan

Webinar: 101 Open and Hidden Sources for Your Climate Investigation

Dec 16–18 2024

kitchen talk: Moldova between presidential and parliamentary Elections

Queer Stories Past and Present: Join History Unit's First Publication Presentation

kitchen talk: Georgia after the Elections

Covering Ukraine: German perspective (Kyiv Media Hub event)

Covering Ukraine: French perspective (Kyiv Media Hub event)

Open Call: "Reporting Together: German-Ukrainian Journalist Exchange"

Nov 12–15 2024

Open call: "Reporting Change" Research Trip to Georgia October 2024

Climate Journalism and Communication Training in Almaty

Sep 11–14 2024

Covering Ukraine: Hungarian Perspective (Kyiv Media Hub event)

Open Call: Workshop in Germany about Journalistic Approaches to Queer History

Oct 14–20 2024

Ukrainian journalists vs foreign media: how to establish cooperation 2.0

Sep 13–14 2024

Immersive Workshop in Kraków and Oświęcim

Jun 9–16 2024

In that sense, yes. Collaborative Play Reading

Echoes of Loss: An Evening with Film Screening and Photo Exhibition by Ukrainian Journalists

Table ronde et networking “Les femmes ukrainiennes pendant la guerre : des héroïnes de l’ombre”

Documentary film screening: “Forbidden Love - Queer Victims of the Nazi Dictatorship”

Ukrainian journalists vs foreign media: how to establish cooperation

Vienna Workshop "Communicating Climate Crisis"

Nov 7–12 2023

How to cover Ukraine for foreign media (for UA journalists)

10 Years Of War: How To Talk About The Occupied Territories (Kyiv Media Hub event)

The books they did not want to be written (Kyiv Media Hub event)

Ukraine Reported: Overcoming Obstacles (Kyiv Media Hub event)

Unit Get-Together

Film screening "We're All Going to Die" — A mostly funny documentary by Ben Knight

Mic Check: Podcasting for Journalists with Libo/Libo

Mic Check: Podcasting for Journalists with X3

Decolonizing (German) Journalism: Writing about postsocialist migration

Decolonizing (Russian) Journalism: Challenges, Strategies and Perspectives

n-ost Network Party

Mic Check: Podcasting for Journalists with the Eurasian Climate Brief

Film screening "The Hamlet Syndrome"

n-ost hosted the first Central Asian conference on climate journalism (26-27 November 2020)

Nov 26–27 2020

Taking the Risks: Reporters Working in the War Zone (Kyiv Media Hub event)

Ukraine Reported: Ethics of Covering the War (Kyiv Media Hub event)

Kitchen Talk with Yevgenia Belorusets

Next Station: Ukraine – n-ost Billboard exhibition in Berlin subway opens

Kyiv Media Hub

Ukraine Reported: Panorama of Perspectives from Europe (Kyiv Media Hub event)

Media conference 2016: On the Tightrope

Sep 29 – Oct 2 2016

Media conference 2015: Translating Worlds

Nov 19–21 2015

n-ost Focus Areas

Journalism in Ukraine

Journalists in Ukraine face many challenges exacerbated by the war: safety risks, source validation, financial hurdles, and access. We support them with resources, platforms for knowledge transfer, and strong international networks.

Life Under Occupation

Started in 2025, ongoing
Location: Ukraine

The Climate Content Pool

Started in 2025, ongoing
Location: Ukraine

Call for Tenders: Final Evaluation of “Fight for Facts!”

kitchen talk: What do we really know about Life under Occupation?

Climate Journalism

The climate crisis impacts every part of life - as does the transformation needed to address it. We provide access to global climate discourse and support journalists in integrating this crucial topic into their daily reporting.

The Climate Content Pool

Started in 2025, ongoing
Location: Ukraine

Communicating Climate in Central Asia: A network of experts and journalists to promote climate action

Started in 2024, ongoing
Locations: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia

Call for Tenders: Develop Digital Map within the Project “Communicating Climate: A Network of Journalists and Experts to Promote Climate Action in Central Asia”

Apply Now for the "Reporting Resilient Cities" Project!

European Public Spheres

National issues dominate the medias’ agenda. But Europe’s differences and perspectives can only be understood if we broaden the focus: We connect newsrooms and facilitate cooperation across the continent.

Pulse. Europe beyond the beat

Started in 2024, ongoing

European Images

Started in 2021, ongoing
Locations: Poland, Romania, Moldova, Germany

PULSE 2026: New Formats & Open Calls Now Live!

After the kitchen talk: How to challenge Big Tech and regain public Trust in Journalism?

About n-ost

Our network in action

We are a transnational network. We promote collaborative journalism across Europe. In times of change and turmoil we forge new paths in foreign reporting. This is how.

Face it!

Wars, climate change, power shifts: It’s the end of the world as we know it, and we need to adapt. In this transformation our journalism provides guidance and provocation - by zooming in, changing perspectives, calling things by their name.

Spotlights on blind spots

In an ever more interconnected world foreign reporting needs more, not fewer resources. Ignoring perspectives leads to ignorant decisions. Instead of crisis driven parachute journalism we provide regional expertise and local perspectives.

Connecting the dots

To grasp the complexity of our world, we need to pool our brains and resources. This is exactly what n-ost does - connecting editors with experts, free lancers with clients, photographers with authors, money with content and content with reach.

Focus East

An integrated European media sphere is our vision. We strengthen the channels of mutual awareness across a Europe that is larger than the EU. Our focus is on the East. Especially in moments when the heart of Europe beats on the streets of Kyiv or Tbilisi.

Connect with journalists and media organisations

Browse the network to connect with n-ost members. Find the right people for the job or organisations to work with.

Anastasiia Melai

Copywriter

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Inga Pylypchuk

Journalist, Freelance

Berlin, Germany

Komila Nabiyeva

Freelance Journalist

Berlin, Germany

Annette Birschel

euro|topics Correspondent Netherlands and Belgium

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dörthe Ziemer

Journalist

Groß Köris, Germany

Semra Pelek

Journalist & Editor, Freelance

Istanbul , Turkey

Mitya Churikov

Autor, rbb

Berlin, Germany

Kornélia Kiss

Journalist, Freelance

Hungary

Emile Ducke

Photographer

Berlin, Germany

Mirjam Baumert

Köln, Germany

Caleb Larson

Journalist, Freelance

Umida Maniyazova

Founder of the Central Asia news site - https://ca-news.online/

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Oliver Bilger

Journalist at Welt am Sonntag, WELT AM SONNTAG

Berlin, Germany

Franka Kühn

Spokesperson, Verbraucherzentrale

Berlin, Germany

Sebastian Christ

Civil Expert, Cyber Innovation Hub der Bundeswehr

Berlin, Germany

Abby Seitz

Journalist/Editor, Freelance

Berlin, Germany

Aleksandra Fedorska

Freelance Journalist

Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

Tatsiana Hendzel

Journalist, Editor

Belarus

Rafiullah Nikzad

Freelance journalist , Rafiullah Nikzad

Munich, Germany

Leo Mausbach

euro|topics correspondent Poland

Warsaw, Poland

Christine Ro

Journalist, Freelance

United Kingdom

Stefania Prandi

Journalist, photographer, writer and producer, Freelancer. I work with several outlet all over Europe

Milano, Italy

Olga Ivashchenko

Photojournalist

Ukraine

Clemens Schöll

Journalist, Clean Energy Wire | CLEW

Berlin, Germany

Timur Naushirvanov

Data Journalist, Freelancer

Austria

Marek Hudec

freelance reporter, Freelance

Bratislava, Slovakia

Nikolai Klimeniouk

Freelance Journalist

Berlin, Germany

Antonina Rybka

Project Manager, n-ost

Abror Kurbonmuratov

Independent Journalist / Investigative Reporter, Freelance / Independent

Uzbekistan

Katarina Kukla

Project Assistant

Berlin, Germany

Robert Putzbach

Journalist, FAZ

Berlin, Germany

Birgit Wetzel

Journalist, self employed

Berlin, Germany