GARAGE
A pit stop for journalism during a pandemic
The Concept
A series of online meetups launched during the COVID-19 pandemic. When the infrastructure of knowledge-sharing in journalism collapsed overnight, Mixer Garage was the response.
Every two weeks: short presentations from practitioners across 3–5 European countries, then open discussion. No panels. No green rooms. Just a question on the table and whoever showed up. "Garage" as in: a space where you work on things when the showroom is closed.
What's Missing in the Coronavirus Coverage?
Five reporters on what their countries were missing during the first wave.
Katsiaryna Shmatsina, Blanka Zöldi, Eva Lopez, Nastya Stanko, Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou
Solutions, Responses: How to Adapt?
Audiences were exhausted. How do you bring them forward?
Jeremy Druker, Serhii Kolesnikov, Hanna Liubakova, Lola García-Ajofrín
3...2...1... Online Events!
Events weren't going away — they were becoming the thing. How do you make them work?
Trevor Knoblich, Rodney Gibbs, Florence Martin-Kessler, Nino Macharashvili
Interactive and Data Reporting
The tools existed. Who was using them, and how?
Data journalism practitioners from across Europe
Best Documentaries and Web Docs
What was being made, and why it mattered.
Visual storytellers and filmmakers
How it lives on
The format — short input, long conversation, one room — carries into how Mixer structured every workshop that followed. The community built through these five sessions became the backbone of everything: Media and War, Sarajevo, the Festival, the CEE.AI Lab.
