Arena and the European Journalism Centre cooperate during the #EIJC19 to introduce DataJournalism.com, a new space for journalists to learn and improve their data skills.
Two weeks to the EIJC & Dataharvest 2019 opening! We are sooo ready to welcome you! This is what YOU can do to get the most value out of the conference: Join the Facebook event and follow the news! Follow @EIJConference on Twitter and see what people are saying before and during the conference! Join … Read more
The chairman of Arena for Journalism in Europe, Brigitte Alfter, received the prestigious Carsten Nielsen Prize from the Danish Union ofJournalists.
Christo Hird is a giant in rethinking journalism in society, and he is our keynote speaker for Saturday May 18th! An investigative hack and filmmaker himself, he is deeply involved and was for a while the editor in chief of the London Bureau for Investigative Journalism. Like so many other journalists, he wants to make … Read more
We focus on the journalism close to the audience’s concerns and how we can cooperate across borders to make an impact on national and European level. By Jose Miguel Calatayud Political and economic crises are often accompanied by a crisis of trust in mainstream journalism. In the last couple of years vested political interests have … Read more
The Masterclass is a pre-conference opportunity of the European Investigative Journalism Conference & Dataharvest, taking place at the Thomas More University College in Mechelen.
Journalist Eva Jung from Danish newspaper Berlingske will open this year’s EIJC & Dataharvest with a keynote on how she and two colleagues uncovered one of history’s biggest money laundering cases. The three journalists have just been nominated for the European Press Prize.
Have you worked in a cross-border investigation? If so, help science! Annett Heft from the Weizenbaum Institute at the Freie Universität Berlin asks former participants’ support and experience!
What is the HackDay? HackDay is a hackathon traditionally organized a day before the EIJC & Dataharvest conference. During the whole day, we dive into different datasets with a diverse group of professionals from different backgrounds. This year, the Hack Day will be held on the 16th of May at the Thomas More Hogeschool in … Read more
The EIJC19 is not all about journalism. It’s also about meeting colleagues. Mechelen is a small, friendly town of 86,000 people, perfect for networking, since you easily meet the other conference participants on streets and squares, in cafées, pubs and restaurants.