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Christine SchmidtJuly 25, 2019

Five years after crowdfunding, here’s how Krautreporter is keeping its members engaged (and building tools for you to, too)

“You don’t feel like you’re trying to convince people you’re not lying.”

As of December, publishers will no longer be allowed to send out newsletters on WhatsApp

Christine SchmidtJanuary 9, 2019

Fewer nosy neighbors and data overlords: This German publisher is trying to build a hyperlocal social network

One user: “I do not want to stay in touch with avoidable contacts in Dubai or London. I want to know who lives in my neighborhood and wants to get to know these people.”

Shan WangAugust 24, 2018

Is there really data that heavy Facebook use caused…erm, is correlated with…erm, is linked to real-life hate crimes?

Plus: Does all our yammering about fake news make people think real news is fake?

Shan WangAugust 8, 2018

In Germany, a news site is pairing up liberals and conservatives and actually getting them to (gasp) have a civil conversation

And apparently without incident! “The ultimate goal is a less polarized debate and a less polarized, more open, and plural public…But we also want to raise people’s awareness of the value of joining in on the same conversation, and not splitting into different atoms.”

Shan WangFebruary 14, 2018

Comfortable in its first language, this German business publisher hopes to build a global audience off its English edition

Part of Handelsblatt Global’s strategy is trying to be ruthlessly practical about its position in the market: “If you get an American reader, nobody would ever switch from The New York Times for us.”

Shan WangJanuary 23, 2018

Ich bin ein Berliner: How a California NPR affiliate ended up running an English-language station in Germany

Now KCRW wants to make the station more local to Berlin and less about American programming. FYI, “totebag” in German is Tragetasche.

Shan WangNovember 6, 2017

The scale of misinformation online is global. First Draft is pushing for more collaboration — and more research — as an antidote

“How can we have these conversations together, instead of just being in our camps throwing insults at each other that no one is doing enough?”

News verification platform Truly Media wants to help German news orgs combat fake news ahead of Germany’s election

Shan WangAugust 18, 2017

The Facebook page of German daily Die Welt will talk to you like a friend — with gifs, jokes, and facts

“The ability to recognize a brand — this is a huge thing right now. We don’t want people to say, ‘I read this on Facebook.'”

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