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Call for pitches – Borderlines

We’re commissioning pitches for audio-first, multimedia stories for a series we’re developing called Borderlines. We welcome all voices, and particularly encourage young people to pitch!

We’re accepting pitches on a rolling basis. As long as the call is up, then it’s still open.

What is Borderlines?
Borderlines is an audio-first, multimedia podcast series of 6-8 stories based on the personal narratives of people living along the borders separating different European countries from each other. In a continent increasingly shaped by hardening nationalisms, these stories explore the places where different European identities meet, merge and mix.

Editor’s brief 
The June 2024 European parliamentary elections mark a decisive moment for Europe. With polls predicting that far-right, nationalist and Eurosceptic parties will gain seats at the expense of centrist groups, the future of Europe is at risk of fragmentation, nationalism and hardening borders.  Nationalist narratives often define themselves in opposition to European identity. But just what is “European identity”, exactly? Does it really exist at all? And, if it does exist, is it really in conflict with national and regional identities, or is it connected to them in some way?

If there are answers to these questions, then where better to look for them than in the places where different identities — national, cultural, linguistic and imagined — meet, mix and merge? Places shaped by movement and exchange, by romance and relationships, by history and trauma, by shared hopes and a common sense of the future.

From the waters of the Mediterranean to the invisible Irish border, from the transnational Sápmi territory to the Istrian peninsula — Borderlines explores Europe through the eyes of people living in the in-between spaces where countries and cultures meet. These in-between spaces reveal borders — and identity — to be changeable and porous.

Together, these stories build up a rich mosaic of possible tomorrows for a continent in flux.

We call these places, Borderlines

Borderlines is a multimedia project by Inside Europe, the flagship European Current Affairs podcast from DW, Germany’s international broadcaster in collaboration with Are We Europe end ENTR.

  • Select BORDERLINES in the “Publication” field
  • DEADLINE: As long as the call is up, we’re open for pitches! But we’ll be considering pitches as they come in, so we’d encourage you to pitch early
  • Any questions? Reach out to editor@areweeurope.eu

Call for pitches – ENTR

Video-reporters and filmmakers 

We are commissioning pitches to video-reporters and filmmakers in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland for a series of shorts docs (approx. 10 mins) for our Youtube channel as part of the ENTR project. We welcome all voices, and particularly encourage young people to pitch!

We’re accepting pitches on a rolling basis. As long as the call is up, then it’s still open.

What is ENTR?
ENTR is a multilingual video project involving media partners from across the European continent. Spearheaded by Deutsche Welle and France Médias Monde, ENTR offers video content for 18-to 34-year-olds on a variety of topics.

As a media partner of ENTR, Are We Europe produces videos that will talk about important topics for a young and diverse audience across different European countries. This series will evolve around topics especially relevant to an audience based in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland.

Editor’s brief 
From the die-hard tradition of pigeon racing to life on the margins of Europe’s biggest rubbish dump, ENTR videos explore thought-provoking topics that are relevant to a young, pan-European audience, through the eyes of the people at the centre of these stories. 

ENTR reports cover climate, employment, solidarity, culture, emerging technologies and more. They are designed to foster dialogue about the main concerns of Europe’s young generation (18-34 years old), while embracing everything that makes them different and to nurture the awareness of their European identity.

For a better idea of the topics we cover and the sorts of angles we’re after, please take a look at our English Youtube channel. For more information about the project and our partners, see the project website.

  • Select ENTR Nordics in the “Publication” field
  • DEADLINE: As long as the call is up, we’re open for pitches! But we’ll be considering pitches as they come in, so we’d encourage you to pitch early
  • Any questions? Reach out to editor@areweeurope.eu

Call for interns ENTR

We are looking for an intern to join the team working on ENTR.nl, our Youtube channel in collaboration with Deutsche Welle, France Médias Monde and others. 

During your internship, you will help us with setting up current original productions (from research to post production) as well as adapting video content from partners (including script translating, subtitling and reshooting). You will help manage the YouTube channel and provide support for communications and marketing around the channel.

About you:

  • Fluent in both Dutch and English, with excellent spelling in Dutch
  • Organisational talent with strong communication skills
  • Ideally basic video editing skills 
  • Ideally some experience with video productions, content creation and/or as a project assistant
  • Interested in (pan-European) journalism 
  • Based in the Netherlands and able to come to Amsterdam once a week.
  • Available to start as soon as possible for a minimum of 3 months.

 

We offer a modest monthly stipend for the duration of the internship. You will become part of a small, dedicated team within Are We Europe, but with the possibility of working for other teams and on other projects, too. Since we all work part-time, most of our interns decide to work 2-3 days a week. Flexible working location and schedule can be discussed with the team. A certain degree of flexibility is requested during shoots.

ENTR is a multilingual video project involving media partners from across the European continent. Spearheaded by Deutsche Welle and France Médias Monde, ENTR offers video content for 18- to 34-year-olds on a variety of topics.

As a media partner of ENTR, Are We Europe produces videos that will talk about important topics for a young and diverse Dutch-speaking audience based in the Netherlands, Belgium and the Dutch overseas territories.