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Reference - the European Independent Media Circle
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Reference is a self-organised, pan-European network of independent public-interest media. Currently being incubated by
@journalismarena
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The Loop podcast, from the Journalism Value Project, goes behind the scenes of Europe's independent journalism teams.

🎙️ We hear how they were founded, build communities, and pursue sustainability.

Listen now: journalismvalueproject.eu/loop/
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Through interviews with members of the Reference Circle, we share best practice and experiences in a pioneering cross-border exchange of how to handle key business challenges. We hear how the media…
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July 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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✏️ The deadline for #CA25 fellowship applications is coming up! Midnight (CET) on 23 June 2025.

Find out more and apply: climatearena.eu/budapest-202...
June 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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New Loop episode: Johanna Weidtmann, manager of Reflekt, the first independent non-profit research team in Switzerland, talks about the national media landscape, why readers lost trust, and why funding independent media is not as easy as one might think.
May 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
How to secure a healthy ecosystem of public interest journalism in Europe? The Journalism Value Project presented an analysis of this yesterday at the IJF in Perugia. "Public interest journalism is more needed than ever," said Peter Matjašič, one of the main authors. https:/linkcuts.org/cj4ihbpr
April 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
What do Europe's public service media need? The Journalism Value Project has researched the answer and launches a white-paper with recommendations tonight at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia. Take a sneak peak here!
April 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM - Where are Europe's public interest media going, and what are their needs to survive? The Journalism Value Project has documented the state of the sector and launches a white-paper with the conclusions Friday at the IJF in Perugia https:/linkcuts.org/arxkv45i
April 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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This week, The Loop talks to Joanna Krawczyk, director of Correctiv.Europe, a network of 350 European media and journalists. Krawczyk tells how Correctiv.Europe can help the members publish data-driven stories on European topics, focused on the local audience.
March 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Dutch non-profit Follow the Money has no less than 45 000 subscribers. They have refined the way of getting people from the first click on a story to become subscribers. Hear how they have grown to have 45 employees and publish in two languages.
March 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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This week, The Loop talks to French Disclose’s journalist Pierre Leibovici about building resilience against state persecution after reporting on the arms trade and intelligence cooperation with authoritarian regimes - and how the audience supports them.
March 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🗣️ Don’t miss it—happening in less than 2 hours!
Join us for a dynamic discussion on whistleblowing and public interest journalism with leading experts. We'll explore how to expose corruption and demand accountability. Register now! eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Only 2 days left! ⏳

Seminar: Whistleblowing & Journalism

Join the Journalism Value Project to explore whistleblowing’s risks, challenges, and impact on journalism in their quest to expose corruption and defend democracy.

📅 Monday, 27 Jan, 16:00 CET
👉 Register: https://buff.ly/3PIFjrR
January 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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This week, The Loop talks to Brigitte Alfter, director of Arena for Journalism in Europe, about creating infrastructure for collaborative journalism. The Loop is part of the Journalism Value Project.
January 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
💡 Seminar: Whistleblowing & Journalism

Join the Journalism Value Project for a free online seminar exploring the risks, challenges, and transformative impact of #whistleblowing on #journalism.

📅 When: Monday, 27 Jan, 16:00 CET

👉 Register here: https://buff.ly/3PIFjrR
January 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
How does whistleblowing promote public interest journalism? Join experts @vladaradomirov, @VigjilencaAbazi, Simona Levi (@X_net_), Anna Myers (@whistleblowing), & Peter Matjašič (@investigate_eu) on 27 JAN, 16:00 CET. Info: bit.ly/3CiQLHs
January 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
How does whistleblowing promote journalism in the public interest? Join this event on 27 JAN at 16:00 CET with top experts including Vladimir Radomirović, Vigjilenca Abazi, Simona Levi from @@xnet-red.bsky.social, Anna Myers from @winnetwork.bsky.social & @petermat.bsky.social bit.ly/3CiQLHs%F0%9...
January 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The Loop visits Anuška Delić, founder and editor-in-chief of Oštro, a Slovenia-based investigative journalism project.
Oštro trains young journalists with fact-checking, but in the toxic media atmosphere, journalism comes with attacks and threats.
Ostro’s editor-in-chief Anuška Delić on training future investigative journalists
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December 25, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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Inside Story in Athens was established after the Greek financial crisis and people were deeply distrustful of the media. It is mainly based on subscriptions, and founder and Publisher Dimitris Xenakis talks about engaging with readers.
December 15, 2024 at 3:35 PM
📢 The 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 has been published!

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🗺️ Explore the 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 and 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗽 here: t.ly/zTGpL
November 29, 2024 at 11:42 AM
🎙️In this week's episode, we put the spotlight on
Elisabetta Tola, co-founder and president at Facta, an Italian nonprofit organization dedicated to investigative and data journalism across the Mediterranean region.

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September 11, 2024 at 2:10 PM
"No oligarchs. No paywall. Just your donations and our work". With this slogan on their website, @zuzanavlasata.bsky.social and @jakubpat.bsky.social at Deník Referendum set the tone for their work.

referencecircle.eu/episode-12-d...
August 22, 2024 at 5:24 PM
🎙 Podcast alert:

"It was a jump in the dark. But four years later, we are growing more and more and having success that we weren’t even hoping for at the start," Cecilia Anesi explains, co-founder and manager of #IrpiMedia.

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July 31, 2024 at 6:30 AM
🎙️Podcast alert: “Being a fully remote team is in the organizations’ nature because we want to cover Europe from the bottom-up,” explains @petermat.bsky.social Executive Director at Investigate Europe.

🎧Listen to the newest podcast of The Loop 🔽

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July 17, 2024 at 8:56 AM
🎙️Podcast alert: “We try to fill a really critical space in society and the democratic system and to create accountability,” explains @wildfranz.bsky.social, editor at
@tbij.bsky.social in London.

🎧Listen to the newest podcast of The Loop 🔽

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Episode 9: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism editor Franz Wild on leadership resilience and impact – Reference
In this episode, we talk to Franz Wild, editor of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), a non-profit newsroom based in the city of Shakespeare, London. Wild joined TBIJ in 2020 after working ...
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July 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM
🎙 Weekend listening: Mensagem de Lisboa is a local newsroom which aims to create empathy through knowledge.

Stories are “the social cement of the city”- Editor-in-Chief Catarina Carvalho. @catcar.bsky.social tells us about Mensagem's approach to local journalism.

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Episode 8: Mensagem de Lisboa editor-in-chief Catarina Carvalho on independence and community engagement – Reference
In this episode we talk to Catarina Carvalho, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Mensagem de Lisboa, a community-focused newsroom in the heart of Lisbon, Portugal. Catarina was the Executive Editor of ...
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June 21, 2024 at 11:12 AM
🎙 Weekend listening: There aren't many democratic, community-owned newsrooms out there. But @TheBristolCable is one.

In this episode, we speak to the Cable about the lessons they've learned from 10 years of building a democratic newsroom.

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Episode 7: The Bristol Cable operations ninja Will Franklin on membership and sociocracy – Reference
On this episode we speak to Will Franklin, Operations Lead at the Bristol Cable, a community-owned cooperative newspaper based in Bristol, UK. Founded by volunteers in 2014, this grassroots project ha...
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May 24, 2024 at 2:49 PM