Welcome to "ansTageslicht.de": bringing facts to light

We do both: we document these stories and we look into the stories behind these stories. In concrete terms, we document,

• What circumstance gave rise to the story? How could the scandal become known?
• Who exactly is involved?
• How was the reporter able to get necessary information? What was the approach?
• What impact did the story? And of whom?
• How the story moved on? What is the current status?
• What is to be done when you have to handle a similar situation.

Each story always consists of a) several chapters and b) a regular introduction to a topic with a short description of what it is about. And what we have put online.

The most important - and therefore the most detailed - chapter is the chronology. In it everything is collected: from the very beginning. And until today.

And we'll show you what you can do yourself - for example, if you don't agree with a particular situation or grievance. And want to insist on change. Or at least want further information. You will find these chapters under the title What Can You Do, abbreviated WKMT in German ("Was kann man tun?").

On the Internet, of course. The domain name is also our program: www.ansTageslicht.de. (German), English: www.in2public.org.

The "DokZentrum ansTageslicht.de" is linked to various universities:

• The documaentation of the "Wächterpreis"-awards at the Macromedia University in Cologne, there with Prof. Dr. Marlis PRINZING.
• The Russian part of the "DokZentrum ansTageslicht.de", directly accessible at www.Menschen-Medien-Demokratie.de, will be run at both: University of Potsdam ("Interdisciplinary Russian Sudies" with Prof. Dr. Alexander WÖLL and Freie Universität Berlin ("International Center for Journalism) with Prof. Dr. Carola RICHTER.
• In the future, the subject of experts will be bundled at the University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Law.

You can write to us centrally via the email-adress redaktion[at]ansTageslicht.de. 

And you also can find us on facebook: www.facebook.com/ansTageslicht.de.

We cooperate with several partners:

• the Foundation "Freiheit der Presse", Bad Vilbel, which awards the "Wächterpreis of the Daily Press",
• the Whistleblower Network in Berlin - here among other things in our (partial) project Whistleblowing,
• up to now the Faculty of Journalism in Moscow, which has been part of Lomonosov University (Moscow State University) and the Free Russian - German Institute of Journalism (FRDIP). The stories that have emerged in this context can be found at Menschen-Medien-Demokratie (people, the media and democracy).
• And we work together with journalists and media, whose stories we reconstruct or rework with background.
• And of course with those people who are called informants or whistleblowers, when they give important information to the media or to us.

In order to guarantee

• independency and
• its continuity as well as
• research & teaching

the "DokZentrum ansTageslicht.de" is linked to other universities - formerly Hamburg, now in Cologne, Berlin and Potsdam, Bielefeld.

What exactly we do, which ideas and goals guide us, how we organize this, you can find out under How we work: Wie wir arbeiten. And here is more about us: mehr über uns. We also explain why we consider WIKIPEDIA to be unreliable and actually not really necessary: Warum wir WIKIPEDIA für unzuverlässig und eigentlich für überflüssig halten. And that is not only because we are blacklisted at WIKIPEDIA. We do not know why.

Who is responsible for the project or parts of it and in terms of German Press Law you will see in the Imprint / Contact at the bottom of each site.

The names of the respective project participants can be found here under The participating and former students: Die beteiligten und ehemaligen Studenten.

If you want to give hints (e.g. on mistakes), have criticism, ideas or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are very grateful for such information. The easiest and fastest way is via e-mail:

• either redaktion(at)ansTageslicht(dot)de
• or directly to the initiator of the project, Prof. Dr. Johannes LUDWIG: mail(at)johannesludwig(dot)de

You can also use these addresses if you want to receive our newsletter (once a month). And of course, if you would like to send us other information etc.

If you want to send us sensitive information, please read here first "How to communicate safely": Wie Sie sicher mit uns kommunizieren können.In addition to that we can assure you to be protected: Nobody and no institution can force us to reveal our sources.