EU Reporter

In the 2000s a printed magazine edition was available for subscription,^[3] and distributed free to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), and European Council and Commission officials.^[4][5] In 2009 its target readership was elected representatives, large and small business leaders, and commentators about the EU.^[6]

In 2010 it was taken over by Colin Stevens.^[7] It had previously been owned by publisher Chris White,^[7] who continued writing for EU Reporter as a guest contributor.^[8] Stevens has worked as a journalist and television executive, and in public relations and political lobbying.^[9][10] Former ITV Wales executive Nick Powell was Political Editor for EU Reporter from 2021 to 2024.^[11]

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.^[12] According to Politico Europe, EU Reporter paraphrased Huawei press releases and published them as news articles.^[13] 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.^[14] 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.^[15]

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.^[16] In 2024 Byline Times reported that EU Reporter published a video of a staged protest in Moldova in a way that spread disinformation.^[17] 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.^[17] 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".^[18][19]