With CORRECTIV.Lokal, the non-profit investigative newsroom CORRECTIV has established a Germany-wide network for collaborative local journalism.
Local investigative journalism faces various challenges: due to budget and job cuts, complex research projects often cannot be undertaken. CORRECTIV.Lokal is looking to counteract this tendency: the network offers a platform to local journalists, bloggers and experts to gather information on specific topics. At the same time, it initiates projects of both local and national relevance. In this way, local journalists can collectively launch and conduct investigations that one local newsroom alone would not have the capacity to undertake. These investigations are eventually published with an individual and local focus.
CORRECTIV.Lokal also involves citizens in its work – for example, in the project “Who owns Germany?”, which analysed urban housing markets. In 2019, the project was awarded the Grimme Online Prize.
Through multilocal cooperation, the network brings together knowledge and results that make structural injustices visible on a local and Germany-wide level. Furthermore, the project raises the quality of critical coverage in the local media and strengthens an enlightened society – we find these approaches convincing.
| Funding period | 2018-2022 |
| Funding amount | 315,000 Euro |
| Website | correctiv.org/correctiv-lokal |