PULSE - Europe beyond the beat is a cross-border journalistic initiative embracing a ‘collaborative by design’ approach to editorial production. It brings together 10 prominent national media outlets (Delfi – Lithuania, Deník Referendum – Czechia, Der Standard – Austria, EFSYN – Greece, El Confidencial – Spain, Gazeta Wyborcza – Poland, Hotnews – Romania, HVG – Hungary, Il Sole 24 Ore – Italy, Mediapool – Bulgaria) and 3 transnational media organisations (OBCT, n-ost, Voxeurop) united in a mission to foster a vibrant European public sphere.
Led by OBCT, PULSE Collaborative Hub produces and distributes journalistic content covering European affairs on a daily basis. An additional layer of external partnering newsrooms contribute to the Hub’s production, covering essentially every European country. All together, this large transnational newsroom reports on European affairs from new and multiple perspectives. In two years, over 2,000 stories will be delivered, including in-depth articles in different formats and at least 12 different European languages. Special attention is paid to underreported countries, regions, and social groups, including rural areas and small-to-medium EU countries.
PULSE’s offering also includes the distribution of content to third party outlets, and the set-up of 4 open thematic networks – open to any journalists to join – that will focus on crucial topics such as the Enlargement of the EU; Europe and global powers dynamics; the EU’s green transition; media and information society.
PULSE’s partners
OBCT (Italy) - Delfi (Lithuania) - Deník Referendum (Czechia) - Der Standard (Austria) - EFSYN (Greece) - El Confidencial (Spain) - Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland) - Hotnews (Romania) - HVG (Hungary) - Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy) -Mediapool (Bulgaria) - n-ost (Germany) - VoxEurop (France)
EUROPE A new EU commissioner for enlargement
Federico Baccini, Adelheid Wölfl | 26/11/2024Former Slovenian diplomat Marta Kos is set to take charge of relations between the European Commission and the countries that seek to join the EU. An overview at her priorities, and at the first reactions from Brussels and the Western Balkans
POVERTY Still too many Europeans have no toilet at home
Bucharest | Lola García-Ajofrín | 30/10/2024One in six Romanians is not connected to the water or sewage network. In Bulgaria and the Baltic states the figures are also worrying – but the situation is finally improving, also thanks to European funds
MOBILITY Romania and Bulgaria, trains worth improving
Vlad Barză | 16/8/2024In many European countries people increasingly use trains for their travel, preferring them to cars. This is not happening in Romania and Bulgaria, because of the poor state of rail service. Something is starting to change however
SOLIDARITY Romania, volunteers for the diaspora
Lola García-Ajofrín, Sebastian Pricop | 23/7/2024The Facebook group "RoOmenia" connects tens of thousands of Romanian citizens scattered across Europe, providing concrete help – from housing to medication – and contrasting the loneliness of many expats. An initiative launched by a group of lorry drivers
MEDIA Dangerous liaisons: the media and gambling in Bulgaria and Romania
Iulia Rosu, Tsvetelina Sokolova, Krasen Nikolov | 5/6/2024Betting and gambling companies have gained enormous influence in Bulgaria and Romania. Not only on the people who slip into gambling addiction, but also on the media, which suffer from their economic power. New laws seek to contain this influence, but their impact is unclear
JOURNALISM Pulse, a new collaborative journalism project on European affairs
Redazione | 26/3/2024Last week saw the presentation in Brussels of "PULSE. Europe beyond the beat", an ambitious project coordinated by OBCT aimed at making collaboration among European newsrooms a tool to harness the coverage of European affairs
Coordinator contact details
Project coordinator: Chiara Sighele | chiara.sighele@cci.tn.it
Editorial coordinator: Lorenzo Ferrari | ferrari@balcanicaucaso.org
PULSE’s activities are partly funded by the project’s members, and mostly co-financed by the European Commission (DG CONNECT) under the Multimedia Actions through the grant agreement LC-02772862.
Agreements with the donor make sure that PULSE and its members remain independent of any instruction, pressure or request from any EU institution, any state, or any other institution or organisation in all matters concerning the editorial content that is produced.
