One of Dataharvest’s many highlights is seeing our live illustrator, Pieter Fannes, capturing the conference in beautiful interpretive illustrations across several days. We enjoy watching his works in progress come alive as he sits among us in sessions. It’s a unique and engaging part of the Dataharvest experience. Here is Pieter’s completed 2026 gallery in … Read more
“Robert Gebeloff from the New York Times opened his 2026 Dataharvest panel by saying that this is the best conference in the world”, according to Maximilian Hatzl’s write-up. “I can only agree.” The Arena team were delighted to hear this, alongside the wider praise for this year’s conference; in post-conference reflections, several attendees claim 2026 … Read more
Many of Europe’s most expansive, illuminating investigations did not begin in a newsroom. They began in an auditorium, with an idea sparked by a quote on a powerpoint slide; or in a coffee shop, brainstormed with two new colleagues from across the continent; or over a beer, at the end of a long conference day, … Read more
Dataharvest offers many opportunities for meeting new people, launching collaborations, and relaxing from your heavy workload.
Arena’s Data Skills Co-ordinator, Adriana Homolová, outlines our data team’s stance on AI in the Dataharvest 2026 programme. Large language models and generative AI have rapidly become an ever-larger presence in our private and professional lives. Some embrace the technology and use it daily; others are deeply critical and refuse to engage. Most of us are … Read more
We’ve just published the Dataharvest preliminary programme – a huge thank you to everyone who pitched to us and helped shape it this year! If you’d still like to attend, our spring call for proposals is now open. However, at this point, we are only able to accept a very limited number of pitches (for the remaining … Read more
We can’t wait to welcome you to the 16th edition of Dataharvest in 2026! From 28-31 May, we’ll once again gather Europe’s journalists in the historic market town of Mechelen. In this small, multi-cultural city of around 90,000 people, that sits halfway between Brussels and Antwerp, Arena for Journalism in Europe will host #Dataharvest26: 4 … Read more
The second release of tickets for the 2026 edition of the Dataharvest conference has sold out in less than a day! We know many of you are keen to attend, and we’re truly sorry we can’t accommodate everyone. Given the size of the venue and our commitment to maintaining the unique Dataharvest spirit, we have … Read more
+++ Applications are now closed +++ We are happy to offer a number of grants to help reduce financial barriers for journalists wishing to attend the conference. If selected, you’ll receive a lump sum to cover your travel and accommodation costs and a complimentary conference ticket to attend Dataharvest – the European Investigative Journalism Conference … 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