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Advice
Use the Hostwriter network to get help quickly and make contacts in areas and organizations you have no current links to.
Collaboration
Search Hostwriter to find colleagues to work with across the world, or on your doorstep, with expertise you need and interests you share.
Accommodation
Over half of Hostwriter's members also offer their couch. Travel more for work, and stay with a Hostwriter journalist for free.
Latest Updates
Here Are the 2019 Hostwriter Prize Winners
Hostwriter is excited to announce the four winners of our 2019 Hostwriter Prize. Grants of €2000 and €1000 will be made to the 1st and 2nd place winners of the Story Prize. Additionally, two Pitch Prize winners will each receive… Continue Reading →
Announcing the 2019 Hostwriter Prize Finalists
Hostwriter is pleased to announce the finalists for this year’s Hostwriter Prize awards. Finalists have been sent to a panel of journalists, former Hostwriter Prize-winners, ambassadors and journalism NGO colleagues. We are looking forward to announcing this year’s winners in… Continue Reading →
Hostwriter is a founding member of the German “Non-Profit Journalism Forum”
Berlin, 20 November 2019 Hostwriter is a proud founding member of the German “Forum Gemeinnütziger Journalismus”, a coalition of non-profit journalism organizations and foundations. The group advocates an amendment to the German Tax Code to ensure that the non-profit character… Continue Reading →
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Team
Founded by journalists who built up a platform for collaborative journalism
Tabea Grzeszyk
CEO
Co-founder Tabea works for the German National Radio programme DLF Kultur.
Send MailBernadette Geyer
COO & Communications
Bernadette Geyer is a freelance writer, editor, and translator with a background in marketing.
Send MailKatja Heitmann
CTO
Katja is a freelance web developer and a member of 'Reinblau' in Berlin.
Send MailZahra Salah Uddin
Community Engagement
Zahra is an Erasmus Mundus Alumna and a freelance journalist interested in cultural reporting.
Send MailAndy Wilke
Lead Design
Andy is a freelance graphic designer with a focus on branding and user experience.
Send MailChristina Lee
Ambassador Network
Christina is a freelance writer and editor interested in travel and migration.
Send MailStefanie Sauer
Accounting
Stefanie is a freelance accountant and a social scientist with a focus on education and discrimination.
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