2021
Chapter The European Union and the rise of collaboration in the 3rd Edition of Routledge’s Investigative Journalism edited by Hugo de Burgh and Paul Lashmar.
Chapters on Freedom of Information requests in Denmark and the EU and on cross-border collaborative journalism, in text book about investigative journalism Den undersøgende journalistiks Metoder, edited by Lene Rimestad and Jannie Møller Hartley.
Chapter The Importance of Follow Up on professional discourse as an integrated element of the journalistic work process in the N-Ost Playbook.
2020
Automating Society report 2020 by Algorithmwatch.org, chapter on automated decision making in Denmark.
2019
Taking stock of journalism education in times of cross-border collaboration, conference paper presented at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2019 in Hamburg. Co-authored with Jenny Wiik from the University of Gothenburg and Mark Deuze from the University of Amsterdam.
Cross-border Collaborative Journalism: A Step-By-Step Guide. Routledge (author). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429464409
- Review by Tina Bettels-Schwabbauer at European Journalism Observatory (in English), June 10th 2019 (translations: to Czech, to Italian, to Ukrainian, to French).
- Review by Susanne Sayers at Journalisten.dk (in Danish), June 27th 2019
- Review by Urban Larssen in Nordicom Review (in English), May 25th 2020
Special Issue Cross-border Journalism of the Journal for Applied Journalism and Media Studies, Vol. 8, Number 2, ISSN 2001-0818 (Print) , (co-editor). (Introduction chapter as sent to publisher).
Comment: The Power of Publication: Rethinking the European infrastructure for journalism in a networked society — or why we set up an open Arena for Journalism in Europe
Automating Society: Taking Stock of Automated Decision Making in Europe, report by German NGO Algorithmwatch, editorial coordinator of a European network of journalists and academics contributing to the report.
2018
New Method, New Skill, New Position? Editorial Coordinators in Cross-Border Collaborative Teams practice oriented chapter in Global teamwork: The Rise of Collaboration in Investigative Journalism, edited by Richard Sambrook, Reuters’ Institute Oxford 2018.
Crossborder journalism – method / mindset. A booklet by Tabea Grzeszyk of Hostwriter (cultural sciences aproach on crossborder mindset) and myself (investigative journalism practice approach on crossborder method)
2017
Grenzüberschreitender Journalismus – Handbuch zum Cross-Border-Journalismus (in German), Herbert-von-Halem-Verlag, Cologne December 2017.
- Review by Tina Bettels-Schwabbauer at European Journalism Observatory (German)
Heft, Annett; Alfter, Brigitte & Pfetsch, Barbara (2017). Transnational Journalism Networks as Drivers of Europeanization, peer-reviewed and published in Journalism, Sage journals.
2016
Alfter, Brigitte. (2016). Cross-border collaborative journalism: Why journalists and scholars should talk about an emerging method’, (as submitted to to publisher) peer-reviewed and published in Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies 5: 2, pp. 297–311, doi: 10.1386/ajms.5.2.297_1 Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies.
2015
Handbook on cross-border journalism, 2015 at Forlaget Ajour (in Danish). Website to the book with references, literature.
- Review: Award winning business journalist Dorte Toft in Danish journalists’ magazine Journalisten
- Radio piece on crossborder journalism by Emil Eusebius Olhoff-Jakobsen og Sofie Klindt Koefoed on Danmarks Radio P1 Dokumentar
- Radio piece on crossborder journalism by Hakon Mosbech on Danmarks Radio P1 Mennesker og Medier
2014
Offentlighed i Norden / Access to Information in the Nordic Countries by Oluf Jørgensen published at Nordicom, ISBN: 978-91-86523-98-5, researcher on European and Nordic practice. Danish / English summary.
2012
Deterrence of fraud with EU funds through investigative journalism, co-author of study commissioned by the Eurepean Parliament Budgetary Control Committe, published October 2012, ISBN 978-92-823-3834-6, main author and editor Margo Smit.
Wobbing Works. Use it! Chapter with three case studies using European freedom of information legislation as journalistic tool / In Data Journalism Handbook, numerous contributors, compilation of articles by the Open Knowledge Foundation, the European Journalism Centre and O’Reilly Media. Print ISBN:978-1-4493-3006-4
2011
Nieman Reports at Harvard University dedicate their spring issue to cross-border collaborative journalism, Shattering Barriers to Reveal Corruption. I contributed with an article about cross-border journalism in Europe.
2010
Cash cow – digging the dirt on farm subsidies / With Nils Mulvad, Jack Thurston, chapter in Bursting the Brussels Bubble, Alter EU. ISBN/EAN: 978-90-9025327-5, page 169-176
2009
Slipping through the net / How EU countries evade new budget transparency rules, report on behalf of Fishsubsidy.org
2005
Das Beispiel Orkla Medien, Norwegen und Osteuropa / Chapter in Leitbild Unabhängigkeit – Zur Sicherung publizistischer Verantwortung, ed. Michael Haller, Freimut Duve, ISBN 978-3-89669-460-7, UVK/OSCE Wien 2005
Journalistic articles 1995-2012
Journalist and Brussels correspondent at Danish daily Information, 2004-2009
Various articles (newspaper and magazine) as registered at the Library Services
- Registered under Brigitte Alfter
- Registered under Birgitte Alfter (usual misspelling)