This article examines the adoption of cross-border collaboration practices by introducing the concept of ‘intermediaries of change’: individual journalists who drive the adoption and gradual normalisation of pioneering cross-border practices. We ask how they implement cross-border practices, integrate them into existing working routines, and how this influences their working conditions using a case study on Europe’s Far Right, a network of seven newspapers that investigated far-right parties ahead of the European Parliament election 2019. We found that the network expanded journalists’ research capacity and entails a ‘domino effect’ since journalists gain experience and establish cross-national ties, which enable them to better establish follow-up collaborations. While this might help to normalize cross-border practices, organisational structures and contexts of transnational journalism shape the degree of participation by different network members. Moreover, we found that cross-border collaborations might foster precarious working conditions and competition.

本文通过介绍“变革的中介人”的概念来研究跨界协作实践的采用：推动跨界协作实践的采用和逐步规范化的个人记者。我们将通过欧洲远东案例研究来询问他们如何实施跨境实践，将其整合到现有的工作流程中，以及这如何影响他们的工作条件，这是一个由七家报纸组成的网络，在2019年欧洲议会大选之前对极右翼政党进行了调查。我们发现，该网络扩大了记者的研究能力，并带来了“多米诺骨牌效应”，因为记者获得了经验并建立了跨国联系。他们更好地建立后续合作。尽管这可能有助于规范跨境实践，但跨国新闻的组织结构和环境决定了不同网络成员的参与程度。此外，我们发现跨境合作可能会促进不稳定的工作条件和竞争。