European Collaborative Journalism Programme

The European Collaborative Journalism Programme (ECJP) supports cross-border collaboration among journalists from all of the 46 member states of the Council of Europe.

The European Collaborative Journalism Programme brings together a group of sixteen journalists from all over Europe to motivate and enable them to collaborate across borders and to form a community of practice.

In the frame of ECJP, experts provide input and training on cross-border collaborative journalism, participants are encouraged to build up a network among each other, to explore and discuss a collaborative story, receive feedback from experts and peers and to reflect their own work practices.

Who can apply?

• Junior and mid-career journalists from all over Europe, freelancers as well as staffers from all media who already have first experiences with collaborative journalism or firmly intend to work in this field.

Programme Overview

The European Collaborative Journalism Programme consists of two parts:

24-28 March 2025: Conference Centre Gut Siggen, Baltic Sea

• Part 1: Meeting at Gut Siggen, Baltic Sea to Get familiar with each other
• Present and discuss your story ideas
• Build teams to collaborate on an investigation
• Receive input from experts and peers
• Exchange on your journalistic practice.

22-25 May 2025: Follow up-meeting at Dataharvest 2025, Belgium

• Part 2: Meeting at the EIJC & Dataharvest conference in Mechelen to Attend a broad variety of workshops, panels, debates
• Be inspired by innovative skills, methods and tools
• Meet like-minded colleagues from other countries
• Follow up on your investigation started at Gut Siggen
• Strengthen network ties with your fellows.

The setting of ECJP can also be described as a sort of “mini conference”, but surely as a safe space where you can meet like-minded journalists to form lasting or more loose working relationships, discussing topics of mutual interest as well as exchanging on how to address the challenges of your work. In turn, they assume that you are willing to fully engage with the programme, with your fellows and the experts and that you are committed to make this programme thrive.

Application guidelines

The deadline for applications is January 1, 2025. For more information and to apply, please click here.