RiffReporter
RiffReporter is a German online magazine and cooperative that enables freelance journalists to set their own topics.
Last updated September 15, 2026
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Overview
RiffReporter is a German online magazine with a focus on knowledge (Wissen). It emerged in the 2010s amid the publishing-industry crisis, was founded in 2015, and published its first articles the following year, produced by a handful of colleagues who founded a cooperative. It describes itself as enabling freelance journalists to set their own topics, and today around fifty colleagues regularly publish texts and podcasts. It operates without a central editorial planning or editor-in-chief structure, and is organized as RiffReporter eG.
History
RiffReporter emerged in the 2010s amid the publishing-industry crisis, part of a wave of independent journalistic magazines. It was founded in 2015 as an online magazine with a focus on knowledge. The following year, the first articles were published by a handful of colleagues who, after intensive preparation, founded a cooperative and got started. Today around fifty colleagues regularly publish texts and podcasts. The magazine operates without central planning and without an editor-in-chief, and is organized as RiffReporter eG.
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Independent, reader-funded journalism without a central editor-in-chief; enabling freelance journalists to set their own topics.
RiffReporter online magazine
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