Despite frequent expressions of disdain for the “mainstream media”, there’s an important factor working in your favour: honest, independent journalists who are true to their profession have a lot in common with civil society activists trying to make the world a better place.
They tend to share values such as social justice, human rights, the rule of law, liberal democracy, honest governance, the importance of speaking truth to power, accountability, a caring society, a clean environment and climate protection.
If you can find those journalists – and there are plenty of them around – they would make perfect teammates for activists.
How do you go about collaborating with journalists? This is precisely what the EU-funded S-INFO project is exploring, through a partnership between civil society and journalism organisations from Belgium, Italy, Malta and Romania.
They are Tele Radio City, S-Com, Context.ro and Repubblika.
The four partners are organising a number of activities over the course of two years which are partly aimed at creating a model of collaboration between journalists and activists focused on three specific areas: social justice, corruption and the environment.
This handbook forms part of that effort.
It is intended to give you, the activist member of civil society, an overview of an important branch of journalism – investigative journalism – that you can leverage to promote your cause.
It will introduce you to how journalists think and work, how to work with them, and what S-Info is doing in this space.
Handbook for CSOs
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