I enjoy support journalism which is not commercially driven and am looking for European media. In Germany there is e.g. Jung und Naiv, taz or Riffreporter. But they all have a focus on german politics mainly i want more EU or Europe Politics. I thought about Guardian - they at least try to cover some European stuff.

  • Patch@feddit.ukEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    journalism which is not commercially driven

    Perhaps an overly obvious answer, but state broadcasters can be quite valuable. The BBC is still decent, and I’m also very fond of France 24.

    Arguably getting off-brief in terms of commercial nature, but I also quite enjoy Politico, and Euronews is not without controversy but mostly manages to chug along entirely functionally.

    • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Euractiv is decent. I find that a lot of the time it gets too detailed about the boring political life of Europe, but now that shot has hit the fan I guess even that will be interesting, and they certainly have the experience to cover it.

      I mostly read the Guardian (where I subscribe) - I’ve found them to be pretty good in providing balanced reporting. They were among the first (and one of the few) major outlets to clear up disinformation about the Amsterdam hooligan riots last year, for example.

      I also listen to the Europeans podcast (https://www.europeanspodcast.com/), which can be a litght hearted supplement to regular sources but I find that they often treat things a bit too lightly for my liking, and sometimes their guests have weird ideas without receiving any pushback. It’s a fine way to get a weekly summary of what’s moving on the continent.

  • BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info
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    1 day ago

    https://www.europeancorrespondent.com/

    You can sign up for weekly or daily updates, and also can also additionally mark additional countries you are interested in. Don’t be scared of giving the e-mail - these are actually good and they don’t spam. I started donating this week.

    Guardian had some scandal where they met behind the scenes with an Israeli general? I just read the headline, but do your research.

  • quarklover123@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    What do you guys recommend for French news? I’m not French but I am learning the language, and reading news might be a way to practice it.

  • snuggles@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    I really like the Guardian, way more than German media tbh. It feels like they’ve cut back so much on journalism in Germany that there’s no proper reporting anymore. I do read the public news (ie deutschlandfunk) just to get an overview of what’s happening, but they don’t have good indepth coverage. taz may be independent but they’re very biased towards the far left. If you’re aware of that and take it into account then they’re alright, but take everything with a huge grain of salt. Unfortunately I can’t really recommend any German media, I mostly read Guardian and sometimes BBC tbh.

    • RidderSport@feddit.org
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      1 day ago

      I disagree, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit and smaller ones such as correctiv or Katapult Magazin exist and are still good news outlets

      • snuggles@feddit.org
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        1 day ago

        Yeah I didn’t mean they’re associated with the party Die Linke in particular, just the general political tendency. :) Nothing wrong with that either, I just think it’s important to be aware of that this reflects in both the articles that I often find quite opinionated and also the selection of news/topics they do or don’t report about, so if you want full coverage and balanced news this shouldn’t be your exclusive news source but combined with others.

        • dynamoMaus@feddit.orgOP
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          1 day ago

          I do agree mostly but:

          1. nothing should be your exclusive newssource.
          2. there is no such thing as journalism without opinion. Writing a story always implies your opinion “this is important”.
  • LibbEnglish
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    1 day ago

    If you have a public library nearby they may have a selection of various newspaper (and not just in German, from various European countries) you can read for free that should help you decide which one(s) you would like to support. And if they don’t have any, feel free to ask for help: many librarians are more than willing to help people to be better informed they may suggest some leads.

    I don’t know many ‘European’ newspapers. Or magazines, for that matter. I would be curious to see what others may suggest!

    Many newspaper will have a ‘Europe’ section, though. But then the question becomes: what is a political Europe? Where is it?

    Beside the two caricatures of what Europe was supposed to be that have prevailed for the last 50 years or so—Europe is an excuse for bankers and politicians to screw their citizens more freely; Europe is nothing but a long past that we, its citizens of today, should all feel ashamed for. Both caricatures promoted and fueled with the enthusiastic support of our press, btw, the same press that just recently started realizing there could be more to being European. Beside those, what did it mean to be European say up until the second Russian invasion of Ukraine?

    Simple test anyone can do to understand the situation: ask anyone around you ‘who is the President of the EU?’ And see how many have no idea, how many will give you some name of a person, or maybe of one country, and how many will tell you that there is no such thing as a President of the EU. Americans may have elected the most despicable, illiterate, racist monkey ever in their history, but they still are Americans first and foremost. What are we?

    My apologies for that rant. Back to your question.

    I would really encourage you to read as many newspapers as you can, in as many languages as you can. You will slowly spot the newspapers/journalists that give you some real valuable EU content and so you will know which ones aren’t worth your time/money.

    Do it at the public library if money is an issue (press is definitely not ‘free as in free beer’). Or you can do it like I do with one of my neighbor: we both purchase a few newspapers/mags and we share them ;)

    • RidderSport@feddit.org
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      1 day ago

      I’d like to add that all university libraries have newspapers and their archives available for public use. Usually quite the collection as well.

      The libraries are open to the public and if at all require a temporary access in exchange for a safety deposit (ID)