# Deliverables

## <mark style="color:blue;">Consultation Report</mark> <a href="#consultation-report" id="consultation-report"></a>

GFMD has prepared the following **consultation report that highlights some of the challenges faced by journalists and newsrooms in Europe and globally in accessing new digital technologies**. It draws on interviews with its members and partners in collaboration with the Next-IJ consortium partners as well as existing research and ongoing initiatives. It also examines the latest reports on AI use and adoption in European newsrooms to **provide important context and guide the Next-IJ project going forward.**

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### <mark style="color:blue;">Cloud and VPS Providers in&#xD; the EU for Investigative&#xD; Journalism</mark>

Cloud and VPS infrastructure have **become an indispensable part of the investigative
&#x20;journalism toolkit** — powering everything from secure source submissions and data leaks
&#x20;analysis to collaborative publishing workflows. But as **media organisations increasingly rely**
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**on cloud-based tools, the stakes for digital security, data sovereignty, and cost
&#x20;transparency** has never been higher.
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This **report** responds to a critical need across the investigative ecosystem: **to understand
&#x20;which hosting providers in the EU** — and which international ones operating in the region&#x20;
— best support the **unique legal, ethical, and operational requirements** of journalism under
&#x20;pressure.

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### <mark style="color:blue;">Legal and Ethical Guidance: Practical Guidance for Investigative Journalists</mark>

This guide is both a legal framework and a practical handbook for investigative journalists working in Europe’s digital environment. For the purposes of this guide, “Europe” is used in a layered sense, where protections relating to freedom of expression and journalistic activity are framed primarily through the Council of Europe (CoE) system, while rules on data protection and artificial intelligence (AI) regulation are addressed through European Union (EU) law. National laws on media, privacy, defamation, criminal procedure, and court reporting still vary, so the guide provides a common framework rather than jurisdiction-specific legal advice.

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