About

CONTU — an artificial word.
con (‘with’) meets tu (‘you’).
Hidden: connaître (‘get to know’) and connect

CONTU magazine is a new and modern city publication, working independently and locally and with an altering city focus for each issue. We approach a city through slow travel journalism and touching on personal narratives, which allows for in-depth and genuine insight. We explore cities through the eyes of their people, who are the heart of the city, constantly shaping and changing cities and bringing them to life. Each CONTU magazine issue gathers a variety of stories, portraits and interviews with inspiring people, while offering genuine, personal and considered recommendations for the conscious and curious city explorer.

CONTU is initiated by founder and editor-in-chief German born journalist and writer Katharina Müller in early October 2021 and is currently exploring for the upcoming Volume 2 — The Athens Issue.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Unfortunately, we do not take submissions due to the nature of the magazine. Before starting research for a new issue we contact locals we would wish to interview directly.

  • No, interviews/ portraits are not being paid, nor have been or will be in accordance with ethical journalistic standards to ensure journalistic ethics.

    This is standard practice to ensure credibility and authenticity, fairness, and allow editorial independence, so we can guarantee that sources, stories and overall handling are and will not be not be fabricated, twarted or exaggerated. We also do not accept sponsorships.

    This is in alliance with Codes ethics from organisations such as the Society of Professional Journalists advice.

    We aim at providing genuine information.

  • We are taking a break from publishing due to various circumstances, but will announce the new issue shortly.

  • Unfortunately not. The print version as well as the digital version are no longer available and will not be published again.