News
A recap of our daily news — the stories that help you really understand the city.
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HEIST is a worker-owned online magazine, founded by writers and editors who after years working across Berlin's media landscape believed something essential was missing.
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What do you actually get?
Our bet is that worker ownership can be the antidote to a media that isn't truly serving the community. HEIST wants to steal the media back from the people who've bought it up. We want to speak to the new generations of workers, writers and artists who are making their home here, and who are changing Berlin today.
Features
Each week, we bring you one long-form story to read from Berlin. Our main focus: great writing, and on the ground reporting.
Culture
Art, music, film and weekend tips from the people reshaping the city today.
Food
Where to eat, drink and hang out. Get advice from real people, not the algorithm.
Art
Interviews with artists, gallery shows, weekends, studio visits. What's happening in the art world.
Ephemera
Book recommendations, stuff that caught our eye on the internet, film tips, event giveaways and whatever else that happens to be on our minds.
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Real journalism costs money. We want to show that it's possible to create important, impactful, entertaining local journalism without relying on bad-faith ownership.
Great writing.
We commission hard-hitting, well-reported stories — the kind of long-form work everyone wants to read but nobody seems to publish anymore.
Fair pay.
We pay contributors what their work deserves. That's not standard practice in independent media. We think it should be.
Room to plan.
A regular contribution, however small, is the most valuable thing a reader can give an independent publication. It lets us plan, commission and invest in people.