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About Multiple Journalism

Multiple Journalism started out in 2013 as an ongoing, collaborative research project – initiated by former documentary maker Bregtje van der Haak – which collects, reviews and shares new tools and best practices in journalism to inspire journalists, students and other storytellers.

In 2015, this initiative was formally anchored under Dutch law through the establishment of Stichting Multiple Journalism, founded by Bregtje van der Haak together with Devid Ilievski, in order to further develop and sustain the project’s mission in an independent and non-profit organizational form.

The best cases of innovation that make use of new technology creatively are collected around the world and published in this online multimedia field guide for independent journalists, which will expand with time.
As journalism is going through a profound transformation at breakneck speed, we feel that a dynamic online manual is a useful resource, both for teaching journalism and for reinventing it.

We see journalism as a public good and we believe that the multiple journalism of the digital age is not a threat to the independence and quality of professional journalism, but a liberation from strict corporate control. It is an opportunity for journalists to excel in unique ways through collaboration and specialization, and for society to benefit from an ever-expanding flow of information and its meaningful interpretation in a world characterized by informed bewilderment.

New technology provides new ways to produce better research, reporting, and storytelling and to engage in new relationships with those formerly known as ‘the audience’. We particularly look at new journalism practices in relation to crowds, networks, immersion, robots, diverse points of view, visual storytelling, and publishing.

As contributors, we share an interest in how to apply these tools to produce better journalism. As a network, we can optimize resources and generate synergy. New creativity will emerge from our sharing.

The Multiple Journalism website was created in 2014 by Bregtje van der Haak, Sara Kolster, Firma Caris, and Devid Ilievski and is based on the essay The Future of Journalism: Networked Journalism by Bregtje van der Haak, Manuel Castells, and Michael Parks (IJOC, Fall 2012).