Building the future of public interest media,

together

Reference is a self-organised network of independent European news publishers.

We support each other to address non-editorial organisational and business challenges, and advocate collectively for the wellbeing and financial sustainability of independent, public interest media.
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LATEST FROM REFERENCE

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  The Journalism Value Survey: Mapping Public Interest Journalism in Europe12 October 2023
  How can independent public interest journalism convert its public value into financial value? With the Journalism Value Project, we aim to find that out.
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  The Reference Circle Spring 2023 meet-up: building our capacity to work together21 June 2023
  Earlier this month, 24 leaders of independent media organisations from across Europe gathered in Belgium to work on solving shared challenges together. At this Reference Circle meet-up at Dataharvest, one … Read more
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  From Value to Revenue: lighting the path to sustainability for independent media11 May 2023
  Announcing our new project to support European public-interest media to become financially sustainable through better monetising the value they provide to society.