The European Investigative Journalism Conference

Dataharvest 2026 tickets are now on sale!

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

What we are looking for in a pitch for Dataharvest

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

What makes a great Dataharvest session

Every year, we are pleasantly surprised by the number of quality pitches we receive. The best ideas come from our community, and we are looking forward to your contributions this year! The call for proposals is now open. But what makes a great Dataharvest session? Here are some pitching guidelines: Think methodology, not content: Tell … Read more

Dataharvest 2025 call for proposals open

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

Spring call for proposals open

Dataharvest 2024 is approaching, and the tickets are sold out – but there is still a chance for you to come to the conference. We have just opened another call for proposals. You can send us your session ideas until Sunday, 21 April (23:59 CET). Please be aware that we’ve already published a preliminary version … Read more

Thank you for all your ideas!

We have closed to call for proposals – and are so thankful for all the great ideas that you have shared with us! We are now sorting through them, making arrangements – and also realizing that we unfortunately won’t have space enough for all ideas. If we go ahead with your idea, you will hear … Read more