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Advice

Use the Hostwriter network to get help quickly and make contacts in areas and organisations you have no current links to.

Co-authorship

Search Hostwriter to find colleagues to work with across the world, or on your doorstep, with expertise you need and interests you share.

Couch

Over half of Hostwriter's members also offer their couch. Travel more for work and stay with a hostwriter journalist for free.

Success Stories

Hostwriter will award €5000 in grants for collaborative journalism projects

Applications Now Being Accepted for the 2018 Hostwriter Prize

With the support of the Otto Sprenger Stiftung, Hostwriter will award €5000 in grants for collaborative journalism stories that have already been published or pitches for cross-border projects between members.

Read a winning story of last year's Hostwriter Pitch Prize

'Deep Breath' is an interactive report produced in 11 cities around the world and coordinated by Outriders. The reportage shows how people's lives in cities struggling with polluted air. The idea was awarded with the Hostwriter Pitch Prize.

Oh what a night! - The Google Impact Challenge Awards Ceremony

The night was filled with excitement and celebrations for the Hostwriter team. Here's how it all went down at the awards ceremony for the Google Impact Challenge 2018, where we took home the prestigious Jury Prize.