MISFLITS-ZINE N° 2 – BEST STORIES OF 2023
with the best local and international non-fiction stories, thoughts, fun and facts!
The -zine format is an important communication medium that ignores the traditional conventions of professional design and publishing and proposes an alternative, self-aware contribution. The aim is to minimize the bridge between publisher and reader.
Published once a year, the -zine collects the best stories, thoughts, fun and facts of that year in a beautiful 30-page booklet. Orderable online or via print.
Misflits – zine was born out of the need for local coverage as an important piece of the puzzle in this big world. The stories have a micro/macro perspective and are sure to captivate you because you cannot read them anywhere else.
Content: #THOUGHTS, FACTS & FUN, BEST ARTICLES: Holy water - a forgotten treatment, Belgian street scene reflections, Water - the golden asset of the future, No money to travel? No problem, What AI & Woodstock have in common,The right to be forgotten, A personal story from the backseat of the Flemish news scene, ...
MISFLITS-ZINE N° 1 – BEST STORIES OF 2022
with the best local and international non-fiction stories, food for thought, fun and facts!
The -zine format is an important communication medium that ignores the traditional conventions of professional design and publishing and proposes an alternative, self-aware contribution. The aim is to minimize the bridge between publisher and reader.
Published once a year, the -zine collects the best stories, thoughts, fun and facts of that year in a beautiful 30-page booklet. Orderable online or via print.
Misflits – zine was born out of the need for local coverage as an important piece of the puzzle in this big world. The stories have a micro/macro perspective and are sure to captivate you because you cannot read them anywhere else.
Content: #FOOD FOR THOUGHT - what's the purpose of Misflits and background?, MISFLITS CULTURE & COMMUNITY,FACTS & FUN, BEST ARTICLES: AI, An organic way of newsmaking, Women in media, The truth about cults, News desert, Fair aging, ...
STORYTELLING – UNDRESS YOUR STORIES – CARDS
help authentically reveal people’s stories. A combination of photography, quotes and symbolism.
Everyone has a special story, but not everyone can tell it. These cards allow one to gain insight into one’s own and others’ stories in a simple yet profound way. A mini manual provides support for this, but it is recommended to translate images and symbolism yourself and follow your own intuition in this. A special way to get to know people and their stories more deeply.
A format that fits perfectly in your palm, handbag or jacket pocket and you can take it everywhere. Printed in a soft, high-quality design delivered in a beautiful dark red box. The first printing of these cards was co-funded thanks to a successful crowdfunding project.
Languages: Dutch & English
ISBN 9789464079708
CROSS-BORDER/INNOVATION/COLLABORATION
Misflits (BE) (a local media project which I am the founder of) & Apel Pilzen (a local media project from the Czech Republic) were Grantees of the second edition for Stars4Media program 2021
Stars4Media was an innovation exchange program aiming at facilitating cooperation between media professionals, to accelerate media innovation and cross-border cooperation.
Media professionals, media organizations, and tech companies from EU countries had the chance to cooperate around bottom-up Initiatives to test ideas and technologies, develop new business models and produce journalistic content.
For this project Misflits was partnering with a Czech local newsroom. With five team members, we made the bridge between an Eastern and Western European newsroom, which was a great and challenging learning experience. This mini-magazine summarises the cooperation, local challenges and cultural differences between Eastern and Western Europe. By doing so, we hope to encourage others to certainly not shy away from such challenges.
Partners of the project were the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Europe’s Media Lab (Fondation EURACTIV), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). This project was also co-funded by the European Commission.