Brigitte Alfter is an award-winning German-Danish journalist. She has practiced journalism at local, national and European level before setting up European support structures for cross-border journalism. Today she combines journalism practice, journalism networking and academic research.

Preface, Acknowledgements, Part I - Cross-border journalism: context and definition Chapter 1: Why embark on cross-border journalism? History, context and pioneersChapter 2:What is cross-border journalism? The four characteristics and the seven steps of the work process Part II - The work process from idea to publication and beyond Chapter 3: Follow the story: how to develop and select a cross-border idea Chapter 4:The journalist in the network society and the networking journalistChapter 5:Intercultural communication: how to make even diverse teams work smoothlyChapter 6:Getting cross-border research startedChapter 7:Pitching the cross-border wayChapter 8: Enriching each other: how to make the best of the research phase in a cross-border teamChapter 9:Adapting the findings to different audiences and to different types of mediaChapter 10:Fact-checking for cross-border publicationChapter 11:Opportunities and challenges: legal and security considerations in a cross-border teamChapter 12: The day after publication: the impact questionChapter 13:Understanding and using journalists' networks to proceed to the next project Part III - Overall editorial tasks Chapter 14: Editorial coordination in cross-border teamsChapter 15:Burden or blessing: the finances of cross-border journalism Part IV - The meta-level: studying cross-border journalism Chapter 16: Observing cross-border journalism: the analytical view of scholars, Index