Are We Europe

https://www.areweeurope.com/
Founded in 2016 by four friends disillusioned by how traditional media in the Netherlands covered Europe, Are We Europe is now an established publication with a dedicated team based in Brussels.The platform works with more than 800 storytellers from across the continent to explore the "exceptional and everyday Europe", past the impersonal policy lingo coming from the European Union. Its website states: "What can the death of an Irish coastal town, evacuated due to erosion, teach all of us about climate change? How are the lives behind the headlines of Poland's LGBT-free zones? And who are the selfie-taking modern witches of Romania?"Are We Europe's founders are, as editor-in-chief Anneleen Ophoff states, from the 'Erasmus exchange program generation': "National borders in Europe aren't as distinct as they used to be. We can study across borders, we can fall in love across borders. But there was no media platform for those cross-border stories."Moreover, the founders wanted to provide an international podium to young journalists, "from whom we don't hear as much in traditional media". Are We Europe coaches new generations of reporters in producing their stories.Are We Europe publishes from four to six issues a year, both online and in print. Each issue approaches a broader theme: climate change, elections, colonialism, queer life, or, more recently, disinformation. Whatever the subject matter, the question is always: how can we have a more inclusive and complex understanding of the people who live on this continent?

Last updated date: April 2025

Source: Oasis Europe

Location:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Year the organization started publishing:
2016
Languages:
No information available
Type of coverage:
International
Countries of coverage:
Albania
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Turkey
Belarus
Ukraine
Georgia

Content

Editorial coverage:
Generalist, focused on multiple topics
Type of content produced by theme:
Education
Environment
Politics
Technology
Health and well-being
Society and human rights
Gender
Feminism
LGBTIQ+
Ethnic minorities
Religious minorities
DEIA: Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility
Refugees
Migration
War crimes and transitional justice
Journalism genres:
Essays
Interviews and reporting
Graphic novels and comics
Opinion
Investigative journalism
Narrative journalism
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Data journalism
Solutions or constructive journalism
Cross-border journalism
Collaborative journalism
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Website
Newsletter
Social media platforms
Podcast
Print
YouTube
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
Primary tech platform or medium used to publish content:
Website

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:
10,926
Twitter number of followers:
5,857
Instagram number of followers:
6,711
YouTube number of followers:
674

Management and team

Founders

Female:
1
Male:
3
Founders:
Mick ter Reehorst, Marije Martens, Kyrill Hartog, Ties Gijzel
Directors:
Stijn Frankfoorder, Anneleen Ophoff, Mick ter Reehorst, Eddie Stok

Team

Full-time employees:
0
Part-time employees:
0
Freelancers or consultants:
12
Volunteers:
4

Business structure and revenue sources

Organization tax status:
Non-profit
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Grants
Content services for others
Audience support / reader revenue
Other
Grants from foreign governments
Grants from local and national government, and other connected governmental institutions or entities
Content development for other media
Content development for other non-journalistic companies
Content development for NGOs
Memberships
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
Grants from foreign governments
The second most important revenue source reported:
Other
Others revenue sources:
Partnerships (non-advertisement) and sales of individual magazines

Transparency

Publishes information about annual revenue
Publishes the names of donors
Has an ethics policy / manual
Publishes an ethics policy / manual
Has a data privacy policy
Publishes a data privacy policy
Doesn’t have a whistleblower policy
Has a complaints policy
Has a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Doesn’t publish a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Is not signed up to a press regulator, trust initiative, or part of a press association
Publishes up to date information about its team
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