Planning a cross-border collaboration is an attempt to predict an investigation. In the nature of journalism practice, such plans need to be negotiated, followed, renegotiated and adapted. What is important is the very process of preparing and discussing scenarios, carrying out one research step after the other and then discussing with the colleagues again. The following template documents can help in the planning process.

Cross-border collaboration work plan template (text doc for download and own edit)

Cross-border collaboration work plan template (pdf for reading only)

Timeline and budget planner (spreadsheet for download and own edit)

Discussion template / checklist to prepare a team agreement (borrowed from the Cities For Rent investigation team)