For some years now, journalists have been connecting across borders and collaborating with each other on an international level. Wikileaks marked the beginning of cooperation between large international media organisations. In 2013 when news of the Offshore Leaks broke, it was the first time the findings of an international investigation were published simultaneously worldwide. Beforehand, the participating journalists and organisations had shared all documents and findings with each other. Ever since, journalism has fundamentally changed. There have been further large-scale international collaborations from the ICIJ, and the non-profit newsroom correctiv has also worked in a cross-border team on the MH17 story. So how has journalism been transformed? What are the reasons behind the increasing internationalisation of journalism? And can only big organisations get involved? Where this journey is headed will be discussed by Marina Walker Guevara, deputy director of the ICIJ; Georg Mascolo, head of the joint investigative group of NDR, WDR and SZ; David Schraven, publisher of correctiv and Brigitte Alfter from journalismfund.eu.
further links:
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"Investigative journalism: It's all about cross-border cooperation" (Paul Radu on gijn.org)
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"Muckracking goes global - the future of cross-border investigative journalism" (study published by the Nieman Foundation)
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"Deploying data mining in cross-border investigative journalism" (occrp.org)
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"European Union journalists cross borders for story collaboration" (Alison Langley on cjr.org)
