The European Investigative Journalism Conference

Dataharvest 2025 tickets are sold out!

Tickets for the 15th edition of Dataharvest have officially sold out in less than two months. This year’s conference has reached capacity earlier than ever before, with all tickets gone four months ahead of May 22. We know many of you are eager to attend, and we’re truly sorry we can’t welcome everyone this year. … Read more

Save the Date for Dataharvest 2025!

Mark your calendars! We’re happy to announce that the official date for Dataharvest 2025 is confirmed! The conference will be held from Thursday, May 22nd, to Sunday, May 25th. Arena for Journalism in Europe is excited to welcome our Dataharvest community back to Thomas More University in Mechelen, Belgium. The 15th edition of the European … Read more

Building a Stronger Investigative Community – Dataharvest 2024 

Dear Dataharvest community, A whopping 538 participants from 48 nationalities gathered from across Europe (and beyond) in Mechelen from Thursday, May 30, to Sunday, June 2, turning the little Flemish city into a vibrant cross-border, investigative editorial office. We are very grateful to every single attendee who made the 14th edition of Dataharvest possible. Thanks … Read more

Welcome to Dataharvest 2024!

Welcome to Dataharvest 2024! The 14th edition of your favorite investigative journalism conference kicked off with a bang today and will rock Mechelen until Sunday, bringing together 538 attendees from 48 different nationalities. We hope you have arrived safely to Campus de Ham by now, and that you’re ready for an inspiring and informative few … Read more

Bring your dataset and pitch a session for the Hackday!

Got a story idea but need data support? Struggling with messy, large, or unconventional datasets? Do you need help with collecting, cleaning, analyzing or visualizing your data? Want to collaborate on investigations or share your own dataset? Join us for our Hackday on May 30 and propose topics for the sessions. Let’s dive into your … Read more

Dataharvest 2024 sold out

It’s official: Dataharvest 2024 is our most popular ever! Tickets for the conference have sold out a record three months before the conference doors open on 31 May. We are astounded and delighted by how quickly tickets have sold out this year. Last year tickets sold out six weeks before the conference began, which was … Read more

Levelling up: Arena Housing steps up in a new shape

Winning the European Press Prize Innovation Award in 2022, the cross-border project Cities for Rent reached a high after a three year journey. What had started with an intense housing track at Dataharvest 2019 and an open-access housing network had become an award-winning cross-border investigation. And a big one: 18 newsrooms, 25 journalists in 16 … Read more