Stories cross borders - and journalists should, too.

Hostwriter is an open network that helps journalists to easily collaborate across borders. We connect colleagues to seek and offer help, whether in the form of story collaboration, local advice or even accommodation. All journalists provide work samples by way of professional verification. Membership is free of charge.

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.

Our ambassadors

Ambassadors are featured members who act as local Hostwriter representatives in their country or area of expertise.

Apply Now for the Ambassador Summit! Join a global group of ambassadors in September 2018 for an opportunity to network and learn about cross-border journalism in Warsaw, Poland!

Felix Franz

Berlin, Germany

Felix Franz is a freelance journalist and producer for the BBC. He developed and managed Hostwriter's Agora Project.

Wafaa al-Badry

Cairo, Egypt

Wafaa al-Badry is a journalist and broadcaster from Cairo currently based in Berlin. She works for Deutsche Welle Arabic.

Can Tonbil

Istanbul, Turkey

Can Tonbil is a radio journalist in Istanbul exploring the effects of environmental changes.

Lulu Ning Hui

Bruxelles, Belgium

Lulu Ning Hui is a Chinese journalist based in Brussels. She is the chief Europe reporter for Globus, Caixin Media.

Michael Stang

Cologne, Germany

Michael Stang is based in Cologne, Germany. His passion is science journalism worldwide.

Vanessa Quirk

New York City, USA

Vanessa Quirk is a Columbia J-School grad, working as web editor for Metropolis Magazine.

Prasad Kulkarni

Pune, India

Prasad Kulkarni is a senior correspondent with Times of India newspaper based in Pune.

Geraldine Cremin

Sydney, Australia

Geri Cremin is a privacy lawer and freelance journalist based in Sydney.

Our projects

Our projects aim to strengthen cross-border collaborations among journalists worldwide.

The #HostwriterPrize

The Hostwriter prize is awarded annually to collaborative journalism pieces as well as promising story pitches submitted by our members.

The Agora Project

A temporary European newsroom for journalists collaborating on the biggest challenges facing Europe in times of elections 2017.

Cross-Border Journalism

We provide training in cross-border journalism and organize events with partners, e.g. a yearly panel discussion on the occasion of the New York Times Athens Democracy Forum.

Journalists in Exile

Hostwriter supports the mentoring program for young German journalists with immigrant backgrounds and exiled journalists by our partner organisation New German Mediamakers.

The founders

Hostwriter was founded in 2013 by three journalists who built the network next to their work as media professionals (from left to right): Sandra Zistl, Tabea Grzeszyk and Tamara Anthony.