European Excellence Exchange in Journalism (E3J)

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The European Excellence Exchange in Journalism (E3J) aims at unleashing the combined potential of European values and cross-border collaboration for better journalism and, as a result, a better informed polity. It provides a single-entry point for all types of media organisations, networks and individuals to connect, based on mutual trust and common rules. This approach is new, innovative and what we consider a prerequisite for any successful team effort, be it in journalism or any other craft. That’s where the E3J can bring more compliance with ethical norms to collaborative journalism, which elevates accountability and legitimacy. With such a gateway in place, we will facilitate a network of already established networks, hubs or newly launched groupings of journalists and media outlets. This approach is new as well, as such a common space does not exist so far, but is urgently needed with more and more offers of collaboration, support and exchange materializing. This is certainly a positive development, but also more and more burdensome to navigate and engage with. That’s where the E3J can bring more efficiency and sustainability to collaborative journalism, because it leaves more space for doing actual journalism. Last not least the E3J honors the fact that journalism is first and foremost about stories, with sound structures and ethics as the enabling pillars. Resting on the two, it will propel topical excellence around the main challenges of our times - migration, climate and public health. With this holistic and integrated concept, our proposed project is bound to bring about a systemic impact across the whole value chain of trustworthy information.