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Freelance collectives: How Sweden and Germany are reinventing the newsroom for independent journalists

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30.06.2026

For many British freelance journalists, work can be a solitary experience conducted from a spare room, coffee shop or shared office space. Across continental Europe, different models of freelance community are taking shape.

From Stockholm's collectives to Berlin’s Publix, organisations and business models are recreating some of the functions once provided by traditional newsrooms. These include collaboration, mentoring, networking, training and professional support. Such a comparison, though, is not always straightforward. 

In Stockholm, one answer can be found in a........

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