Ticket sales for Dataharvest – the European Investigative Journalism Conference 2026 are now open. Get your ticket here and join us in Mechelen! This year, we’ll once again welcome over 500 investigative and data journalists in Mechelen, Belgium, for three days of learning, networking, and collaboration. The conference runs from Friday, 29 May 2025 to Sunday, … Read more
Dataharvest is a great place to learn from experienced journalists and to network. On the day before the official programme of the conference starts, you have the opportunity to dive deep into a topic and acquire a new set of skills by participating in our three different full-day, hands-on masterclasses. The masterclasses take place on … Read more
Every year, we receive a great number of creative, high-quality pitches for the conference, and we build the conference programme in collaboration with our community. The Dataharvest team is small but passionate. We are all first and foremost (working) journalists, and not professional conference organisers, embedded in the investigative, cross-border, and data journalism community in … Read more
We are eager to read your ideas for the Dataharvest 2026 programme – from the presentations of investigations you’ve been working on, to the (nerdy) skills you’d like to share with the community. The call for proposals is now open – please send us your ideas via this form! You can send us your session … Read more
Dataharvest preliminary programme is out – and we have just opened another call for proposals! At this point, we are only able to accept a very limited number of pitches (for approximately ten time slots left to complete the programme). We kindly ask you to check out the published version of the preliminary programme before … Read more
Dataharvest – the European Investigative Journalism Conference is happy to offer a (limited) number of grants to help reduce financial barriers for journalists wishing to attend the conference. The grant is aimed towards applicants from low(er)-income countries in Europe, especially members of small, independent newsrooms and freelancers. We define as European all the Council of … Read more
Pitching a session for our conference shouldn’t feel like a big gamble. If you have something you’d love to share at Dataharvest, we want to ensure you have all the information and support you need to develop a great session. We’ve provided some guidelines on what makes a great pitch and now we’re hosting a … Read more
Dataharvest – the European Investigative Journalism Conference is an opportunity to learn from your peers, network, and pick up a new skill. However, conference sessions are only 75 minutes long, and participants often wish they had more time to practice a newly acquired skill. This is why we’re offering four different full-day, hands-on masterclasses on … Read more
Ticket sales for Dataharvest – the European Investigative Journalism Conference 2025 are now open. Get your ticket here and join us in Mechelen! In late May 2025, more than 500 (European) investigative and data journalists will gather in Mechelen, Belgium, to learn from each other, network, and collaborate. The three-day conference opens on Friday, 23 May … Read more
We are eager to read your ideas for the Dataharvest 2025 sessions – from the presentations of investigations you’ve been working on, to the (nerdy) skills you’d like to share with the community. The pitching form is now open, so please send us your ideas and recommendations for the programme! Dataharvest—the European Investigative Journalism Conference … Read more