Reference - the European Independent Media Circle

Reference is a self-organised, pan-European network of independent public-interest media. Currently being incubated by @journalismarena.

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

🎉 We are hugely excited to today launch The Journalism Value Project – helping independent public interest journalism convert its public value into financial value.

We're beginning with an in-depth survey on the state of our sector.

Find out more 👇
https://t.co/szekx16lyv

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

This week, we put the spotlight on @elisabetta_tola, co-founder and president of @facta_ , an Italian nonprofit organization dedicated to investigative and data journalism across the Mediterranean region.

https://t.co/Ad5A4rnSzK

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

"No oligarchs. No paywall. Just your donations and our work". With this slogan on their website, @zuzanavlasata and @JakubPatocka at @DReferendum set the tone for their work.

https://t.co/sfE2PPwNqE

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

🎙 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 .

https://t.co/4jpmwX8qet

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

🎙️Podcast alert: ���Being a fully remote team is in the organizations’ nature because we want to cover Europe from the bottom-up,” explains @curlyP, Executive Director at @investigate_eu.

🎧Listen to the newest podcast of The Loop 🔽

https://t.co/WNr4FLd41k

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

🎙️Podcast alert: “We try to fill a really critical space in society and the democratic system and to create accountability,” explains @wildfranz , editor at @TBIJ in London.

🎧Listen to the newest podcast of The Loop 🔽

https://t.co/3XyExLfZKO

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

🎙 Weekend listening: @mensagem_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. @Catcar16 tells us about Mensagem's approach to local journalism.

https://t.co/obcozWuN1j

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

@gijn @DataharvestEIJC https://t.co/ps2gmEpa6B

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

"Nobody told me I would not be doing journalism if I started a centre for investigative journalism"

A great panel on lessons from journalists becoming managers, with members of Reference @elisabetta_tola @evabelmonte @007_delic and GIJN's Emilia Díaz-Struck at #dataharvest.

[The Fix Media @TheFixMedia]

Portugal has 3 journalism platforms as part of @ReferenceEurope – Independent Media Circle. In a country with traditionally very low financial contributions from the state and civil society to journalism, how do these projects manage to work sustainably?

https://t.co/76PLpymSmN

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

"Nobody told me I would not be doing journalism if I started a centre for investigative journalism"

A great panel on lessons from journalists becoming managers, with members of Reference @elisabetta_tola @evabelmonte @007_delic and GIJN's Emilia Díaz-Struck at #dataharvest.

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

“Impact indicators are linked to the mission of your organisation, the promises you make to the public” - @pierreleibo

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

“If you don’t think a news organisation is useful then why would you support it?”

@Disclose_ngo readers saying they had doubts about Disclose’s impact was the alert that led them to implement a new methodology to measure their impact, says @pierreleibo #EIJC24 #dataharvest

[Dataharvest - EIJC @DataharvestEIJC]

The « #Journalism Value Project » aims to support independant #media in #Europe 💪 following one guideline : how to convert our public value into financial value ? 💶

➡️ presentation by @ReferenceEurope, @nrecherche and @investigate_eu

#eijc24

[Rozina Breen @RozieBreen]

Belgium-bound f/ @ReferenceEurope

Proud for @TBIJ to be on the 2024 G5 steering committee, as our work continues to focus on collective advocacy for the sustainability & future of independent, public interest newsrooms across Europe. 

Never had there been a more urgent need.

[The Bristol Cable @TheBristolCable]

LISTEN: we’re on @prospect_uk’s Media Confidential podcast w @arusbridger & @lionelbarber.

“The Bristol Cable has been given a rare chance—if they gain enough new members by September, they could secure a chunk of much-needed cash. Will they pull it off?”
https://t.co/NtDkE6KdNF

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

We also discuss an enterprising news start-up, @TheBristolCable with @ElizMizon They are just doing a funding round. Well worth supporting

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

🎙 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.
https://t.co/1jotydUyAm

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

🎙 New podcast episode: We spoke to the Editor-in-Chief @bodoky of pioneering Hungarian investigative journalism non-profit @Atlatszo.

We discuss how they're continuing to be innovative & resilient in the face of increasing political & economic adversity.
https://t.co/QMd64AzExv

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

Congratulations to @IrpiMedia on launching their membership programme today! #IJF24

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

Fantastic to see so many Reference members on this year's @EuroPressPrize Shortlist!

⭐️ @civio is nominated for the Innovation Award
⭐️ @direkt36 is nominated for the Investigative Reporting Award
⭐️ And @IrpiMedia & @FTM_eu as part of a big collaboration in The Rotenberg Files

[European Press Prize @EuroPressPrize]

Our 2024 Shortlist is out ✨

2️⃣5️⃣ outstanding projects in our 5️⃣ categories: Distinguished Reporting, Innovation, Investigative Reporting, Migration Journalism and Public Discourse!

Discover them online and share them: https://t.co/FyYo1wY9te

#europeanpressprize

[Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @ReferenceEurope]

Independent media + gelato at #IJF24 🍦

A great moment for a get together of our network in Perugia.