{{Short description|European Union news website}} {{Infobox website | name = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | screenshot = | screenshot_size = | screenshot_alt = | collapsible = <!-- set as "on", "y", etc, otherwise omit/leave blank. Does nothing for mobile users. --> | collapsetext = <!-- collapsible area's heading (default "Screenshot"); omit/leave blank if collapsible not set --> | background = <!-- for collapsetext heading; default grey (gainsboro) --> | caption = | company_type = | type = <!-- or: | website_type = --> | language = English | language_count = | language_footnote = | traded_as = | founded = 2002 | dissolved = | predecessor = | successor = | headquarters = | location_city = Brussels | location_country = Belgium | country_of_origin = | locations = | area_served = | owner = EU Reporter Media & Communications Ltd, Dublin, Ireland<ref name=eureporter-contact>{{cite web |url=https://www.eureporter.co/contact/ |title=Contact Us |website=EU Reporter |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref> | author = <!-- or: | authors / creator / creators --> | founder = Chris White | editor = Colin Stevens | chairman = | chairperson = | president = | CEO = | MD = | GM = | key_people = | industry = | products = | services = | revenue = <!-- or: | rev = --> | operating_income = | international = <!-- or: | intl = --> | net_income = | assets = | equity = | employees = <!-- or: | num_employees = --> | parent = | divisions = | subsidiaries = <!-- or: | subsid = --> | url = {{URL|eureporter.co}} | ipv6 = | advertising = | commercial = <!-- "Yes", "No" or leave blank --> | registration = <!-- or: | reg = --> | num_users = <!-- or: | users = --> | launch_date = <!-- {{Start date and age|df=yes/no|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | current_status = | native_clients = | content_license = <!-- or: | content_licence = --> | programming_language = | issn = <!-- ISSN, e.g. 1085-6706 (automatically linked to https://www.WorldCat.org) --> | eissn = <!-- eISSN, e.g. 1085-6706 (automatically linked to https://www.WorldCat.org) --> | oclc = 1232992027 | footnotes = }} '''''EU Reporter''''' is a Brussels-based news website publishing content related to the European Union, founded in 2002.<ref name=worldcat-1232992027 >{{cite book |title=EU reporter : the European parliamentary legislative review |oclc=1232992027 }}</ref> It has been run by Colin Stevens since 2010. The website includes both news and sponsored content, and other news organizations have criticized some of its articles and practices.
== History == In the 2000s a printed magazine edition was available for subscription,<ref name=eureporter-20020430>{{cite web |url=http://www.eureporter.co.uk/eur/news_detail.asp?id=HLOQFGQN88ZN4162968FXUF84LQ50446 |title=Subscribe |website=EU Reporter |date=30 April 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021024133835/http://www.eureporter.co.uk/eur/news_detail.asp?id=HLOQFGQN88ZN4162968FXUF84LQ50446 |archive-date=24 October 2002}}</ref> and distributed free to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), and European Council and Commission officials.<ref name=eureporter-20040507>{{cite news |url=https://nebula.wsimg.com/cafbdb1ed17f56c0bbd5fc137334a400?AccessKeyId=39A2DC689E4CA87C906D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 |title=EU Reporter - The Journal of European Business |editor-last=White |editor-first=Chris |newspaper=EU Reporter |date=7 May 2004 |access-date=28 December 2021 |archive-date=28 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228202423/https://nebula.wsimg.com/cafbdb1ed17f56c0bbd5fc137334a400?AccessKeyId=39A2DC689E4CA87C906D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=eureporter-201007>{{cite web |url=http://www.eureporter.co.uk/channel/9/stories |title=Magazine |website=EU Reporter |date=July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114144651/http://www.eureporter.co.uk/channel/9/stories |archive-date=14 November 2010}}</ref> In 2009 its target readership was elected representatives, large and small business leaders, and commentators about the EU.<ref name=eureporter-about-2009>{{cite web |url=http://www.eureporter.co.uk/page/about-us |title=About us |website=EU Reporter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823162052/http://www.eureporter.co.uk/page/about-us |archive-date=23 August 2009}}</ref>
In 2010 it was taken over by Colin Stevens.<ref name="euractiv-20100628" /> It had previously been owned by publisher Chris White,<ref name="euractiv-20100628">{{cite press release |url=https://pr.euractiv.com/pr/eu-reporter-under-new-ownership-89982 |title=EU Reporter under new ownership |website=Euractiv |date=28 June 2010 |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref> who continued writing for ''EU Reporter'' as a guest contributor.<ref name=eureporter-20160630>{{cite news |url=https://www.eureporter.co/frontpage/2016/06/30/perestroika-not-brexit/ |title=Perestroika not #Brexit |last=White |first=Chris |website=EU Reporter |date=30 June 2016 |access-date=28 December 2021 |archive-date=28 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228131814/https://www.eureporter.co/frontpage/2016/06/30/perestroika-not-brexit/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Stevens has worked as a journalist and television executive, and in public relations and political lobbying.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Mark |date=2021-10-05 |title=The web of connections behind Brussels lobbying |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-lobbying-connections-transparency/ |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=Politico Europe |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-23 |title=France: Crociani saga returns to European Court of Human Rights |url=https://www.intelligenceonline.com/europe-russia/2021/07/23/crociani-saga-returns-to-european-court-of-human-rights,109681464-art |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=Intelligence Online |language=en |quote=Camilla intends to publicise the case as much as possible with the help of former journalist Colin Stevens, head of Colin Stevens Ltd, which was until last year known as EU Reporter.}}</ref> Former ITV Wales executive Nick Powell was Political Editor for ''EU Reporter'' from 2021 to 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Masters |first=Adrian |date=26 July 2024 |title=Tributes paid to former ITV Wales Head of Politics Nick Powell |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2024-07-26/tributes-to-former-itv-wales-head-of-politics-nick-powell |access-date=1 March 2026 |work=ITV News}}</ref>
== Reputation == In 2021 ''Politico Europe'' described ''EU Reporter'' as a "blend of corporate press releases, original news and paid-for content", and said that some of the website's sponsored content is native advertising intended to look like a news article, without disclosing the sponsor.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Mark |title=Dark news: The murky world of undercover EU lobbying |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-eu-media-peddling-undisclosed-influence/ |access-date=22 September 2021 |work=Politico Europe |date=15 September 2021 |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922032434/https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-eu-media-peddling-undisclosed-influence/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to ''Politico Europe'', ''EU Reporter'' paraphrased Huawei press releases and published them as news articles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Mark |title=Huawei's under-the-radar Brussels blitz |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/huawei-brussels-eu-reporter-china-telecommunications-5g/ |access-date=28 September 2021 |work=Politico Europe |date=22 September 2021 |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928033932/https://www.politico.eu/article/huawei-brussels-eu-reporter-china-telecommunications-5g/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A group of fake Twitter accounts posted links to the ''EU Reporter'' articles in an apparent attempt to influence a legislative process in Belgium; Stevens said he did not know anything about the accounts.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Satariano |first1=Adam |title=Inside a Pro-Huawei Influence Campaign |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/technology/commercial-disinformation-huawei-belgium.html |access-date=22 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=29 January 2021}}</ref> ''EU Reporter'' rejected ''Politico Europe's'' accusation of undercover lobbying, characterising the reporting as "an attack by Politico Europe on a smaller but successful rival publication," and said that they have engaged with NewsGuard to monitor their output and make its findings publicly available.<ref name="eureporter-20210920">{{cite news |url=https://www.eureporter.co/business/2021/09/20/eu-reporter-under-attack/ |title=EU Reporter under attack |website=EU Reporter |date=20 September 2021 |access-date=27 June 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313052613/https://www.eureporter.co/business/2021/09/20/eu-reporter-under-attack/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2023 ''Malta Today'' reported that ''EU Reporter'' had reprinted allegations of government corruption with questionable origins; ''EU Reporter'' took down the article for fact-checking after the subject denied the allegations''.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meilak |first=Nicole |date=11 June 2023 |title=Carmen Ciantar's bribery allegations: Where are they coming from? |url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/123365/carmen_ciantars_bribery_allegations_where_are_they_coming_from |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=Malta Today |language=en}}</ref> In 2024 ''Byline Times'' reported that ''EU Reporter'' published a video of a staged protest in Moldova in a way that spread disinformation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rowley |first=Thomas |date=2024-04-18 |title=EU News Outlet Accused of 'Being Used as a Tool of Russian Disinformation' |url=https://bylinetimes.com/2024/04/18/eu-reporter-accused-over-russian-disinformation/ |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=Byline Times |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''EU Reporter'' took down the article after ''Byline Times'' inquired about it, and Stevens said that it would examine their criteria for articles contributed by third parties.<ref name=":1" /> In 2026, in response to criticism from ''CNA'', an Albanian news website, about an ''EU Reporter'' article, Stevens said that ''EU Reporter'' "publishes articles from a variety of external sources expressing a wide range of views".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-19 |title=Propaganda/ "EU Reporter" sqaron për CNA artikullin për Erion Veliajn |url=https://www.cna.al/aktualitet/propaganda-eu-reporter-sqaron-per-cna-artikullin-per-erion-veliajn-i455688 |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=CNA.al}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-22 |title=From praise to hate speech/ The two faces of Erion Veliaj for SPAK |url=https://www.cna.al/english/aktualitet/nga-lavdet-te-gjuha-e-urrejtjes-dy-fytyrat-e-erion-veliajt-per-spak-u-i455998 |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=CNA.al}}</ref>
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