Focus Area

Foreign Reporting

Research Award Eastern Europe: deadline extended to 29 January

Covering Ukraine: German perspective (Kyiv Media Hub event)

Reporting Change: Research Trip to Georgia 2024

Started in 2024, ongoing
Location: Georgia

news & upcoming events

Call for EU Journalists to Join 2025 Study Visit to Kyiv

Grants for journalistic work about Ukraine

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

Ukrainian journalists visit Budapest, Sofia and Rome

All editions of "What about Ukraine?" newsletter

Op-Eds: What do they look like?

Competing Narratives workshop - when journalists are knowledge multipliers

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

Competing Narratives meet in Tbilisi

Call for journalists for the EUD Fellowship 2024 (closed)

Ukrainian journalists visit Budapest, Rome, Sofia and Madrid

Competing narratives meet in Yerevan

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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)

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

Covering Ukraine: Hungarian Perspective (Kyiv Media Hub event)

Ukrainian journalists vs foreign media: how to establish cooperation 2.0

Sep 13–14 2024

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”

Ukrainian journalists vs foreign media: how to establish cooperation

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)

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

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

Kyiv Media Hub

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

Related projects

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Reporting Change: Research Trip to Georgia 2024

Started in 2024, ongoing
Location: Georgia

The Europe-Ukraine Desk

Started in 2023, ongoing
Locations: Ukraine, Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, France, Spain

Research Award Eastern Europe

Started in 2017, ongoing
Locations: Armenia, Balkans, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine

Competing Narratives

2023-2024
Locations: Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Turkey, Ukraine

Reporters in the Field

2015-2022
Locations: Ukraine, Moldova, Balkans, France, Turkey, Italy, Poland

Network members in related projects

Check out all the participating journalists listed here. This is what brings them together.

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Karin Finkenzeller

Reporter, Freelance

München, Germany

Franka Hummels

Journalist, Freelance

Utrecht, Netherlands

Luise Glum

Freelance Correspondent, Luise Glum

Yerevan, Armenia

Alexander Kloß

Berlin-based freelance journalist specialising in politics, culture and economics, Programme Officer

Berlin, Germany

Fermín Torrano

Media Network Manager, n-ost

Madrid, Spain

Marika Ikonomu

Media Network Manager | Freelance Multimedia Journalist, n-ost

Rome, Italy

Luke Johnson

Journalist, Freelance

Oksana Mamchenkova

Project Coordinator, n-ost

Kyiv, Ukraine

Antonina Rybka

Project Manager, n-ost

Berlin, Germany

Katarina Kukla

Project Assistant, n-ost

Berlin, Germany

Francesco Martino

Journalist, OBCT

Bulgaria

Aleksander Palikot

Correspondent, RFE/RL

Kyiv, Ukraine

Natálie Zehnalová

Community Manager, n-ost

Berlin, Germany

Hannes Jung

Freelance Photographer

Berlin, Germany

Lara Rindt

Project Manager, n-ost

Berlin, Germany

Kornelia Kiss

Journalist, Freelance

Hungary

Tugba Tekerek

euro|topics social media editor Turkish, Freelance

Istanbul, Turkey

Maxim Edwards

Journalist, Bloomberg

Warsaw, Poland

György Folk

Senior Editor, EUrologus / HVG

Brussels, Belgium

Mila Corlateanu

Project Manager, n-ost

Berlin, Germany

Simone Brunner

Staff Journalist, DIE ZEIT

Vienna, Austria

Anneke Hudalla

Project Manager, n-ost

Berlin, Germany

Oliver Bilger

Journalist at Welt am Sonntag, WELT AM SONNTAG

Berlin, Germany

More focus areas

We are always reacting to current issues but there are also some topics which have been recurrent themes in our work. Here are a few.

Journalism in Ukraine

From safety risks to source validation, journalists working in Ukraine amidst the war grapple with formidable challenges. Supporting them is a key cornerstone of democratic Europe.

Networking Journalism

On our media conferences, in kitchen talks and on research trips we connect journalists for collaboration and reflection. Using synergies and sharing insights improves our work, saves resources - and is fun.

Climate Journalism

The climate crisis affects each and every aspect of life. So does the economic and societal transformation needed to react to it. We enable journalists to incorporate it into their everyday reporting.

Documentary Photography

Images are playing an increasingly important role in the perception of journalistic topics. We develope photographic projects and work with photographers from all over Europe.

Exile & Decolonisation

Deeply rooted power structures and authoritarian aggression fuel repression, conflict and forced migration. We create safe spaces allowing journalists in exile and elsewhere to reflect and deconstruct colonial narratives.

Feminism & LGBTIQ+

We want to empower journalists to unlock authentic narratives and promote diverse representation within the media content through a queer feminist perspective.

European Public Spheres

Domestic issues dominate the media coverage, but European journalism only works if we widen the lens beyond the national.

Investigative Journalism

In our interconnected world, investigate journalism has to transcend borders. We help connect the dots on issues that resonate globally.

(Dis)Information

Disinformation is a key challenge for journalism all over the world. We support journaliststs to cope with it.