📢 Two new The Invisible Life calls are open! Journalismfund supports cross-border teams investigating farm animal welfare. ✅ Min 2 journalists/outlets from different countries 📅14/01/2027, 13:00 Brussels 👉 🔗 www.journalismfund.eu/invisible-li... #InvisibleLife #InvestigativeJournalism #AnimalWelfare

🚨Ecocide in the Black Sea 🐋 Oil from two tankers sunk in 2024 reached Bulgaria and Romania. The owners will pay under 0.1% of the damages. 👉 www.journalismfund.eu/ecocide-blac... 🍀 Supported by our Environmental Investigative Journalism grant

@greeneujournal.bsky.social has just run our story about electronic components manufactured in #India that end up in electric, hybrid & regular #vehicles, and in the #military industry and border control companies, granted by @journalismfund.bsky.social www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-toxic-tr...

The Toxic Trail of Indian Parts Powering Europe’s Cars

Despite supply chain due diligence requirements, Indian car parts with a dirty footprint still end up in Europe’s cars.

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Watch this space: Going forward, the collaboration, with scientific advice from @pmasselot.bsky.social and funding from @journalismfund.bsky.social, aims to put estimates of deaths from extreme heat for individual cities into the hands of journalists across the European continent.

NEW: This piece launches a ccij.io collaboration with @urbanjournalism.bsky.social on a project to quantify the toll from extreme heat, backed by @journalismfund.bsky.social and advised by @pmasselot.bsky.social of @lshtm.bsky.social veza.news/article/2026...

The most dangerously hot summer that Europe has experienced — VEZA

More than 50,000 people are estimated to have died across European cities, with the climate crisis responsible for two thirds of these deaths

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IMS, @journalismfund.bsky.social and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are launching SM4D, a new programme to strengthen independent media across Europe. SM4D aims to support around 45 local and investigative media outlets operating in Europe’s news deserts: www.mediasupport.org/news/new-eu-...

EU-backed programme supports independent media in Europe's news deserts | IMS

Sustainable Media for Democracy is a programme providing funding and support to around 45 local and investigative media outlets across Europe

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#5vor12 is organized by Netzwerk Klimajournalismus Deutschland and @netzwerkklimajourn.bsky.social. We are grateful for a small grant from @journalismfund.bsky.social and support from Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC) and GLS Treuhand that makes this series possible.

That’s a wrap on this season of our online 5vor12 Climate Briefings! 🎬 💚💬🌎 Over the past weeks, journalists from Vienna to India joined us to dig into climate diplomacy ahead of #COP31. Four takes from our briefings with @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social and @lindakalcher.bsky.social:

2025/26 Magma Environmental Reporting Fellowship supported 9 early-career journalists as they explored environmental issues across the Mediterranean. The fellows’ reporting has already been published in @euronews.com, @mongabay.com, @grist.org and others .Read more: shorturl.ly/tJss1

The devastating floods in Valencia and Emilia-Romagna happened two years ago. In both places, the floods left a lasting mark. This investigation examines failures in early warning systems and the lessons needed to prevent future disasters #ecb #expjou #crossborder #investigative #journalism

🚨Inside the World’s Most Controversial Shipbreaking Yards 🚢 Europe’s old ships are scrapped in India, Bangladesh and Turkey, where a new treaty is barely enforced and workers still die. 👉 www.journalismfund.eu/inside-world... 🍀 Supported by Arcadia

📣 Introducing Sustainable Media for Democracy (SM4D)! Journalismfund Europe, @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social and @rsf.org are launching SM4D, a new programme to strengthen independent, pluralistic and sustainable media across Europe. 🔗 Read more: www.journalismfund.eu/news/SM4Dlau... #SM4D

🚨 Final countdown! 📢 Just 2 days left to apply for the Invisible Life grant! Cross-border teams can receive up to €225,000 for investigating farm animal welfare. 📅 Deadline: 29 Oct 2026, 13:00 Brussels 👉 🔗 www.journalismfund.eu/invisible-li... #InvisibleLife #InvestigativeJournalism #AnimalWelfare

💢The European Cross-border grant programme supports collaborations between freelance journalists and media-organisations eager to investigate issues (and solutions) affecting Europe. 🗓️The next deadline call is January 7th, 2027 13:00 CET. #ecb #expjou #crossborder #investigative #journalism

🚨 One week left! 📢 Journalists with cross-border stories on farm animal welfare, apply now for our grant! 📰 Deadline: 29 Oct 2026, 13:00 Brussels. Share this! 👉 Find out more: 🔗 www.journalismfund.eu/invisible-li... #InvisibleLife #InvestigativeJournalism #AnimalWelfare

🚨 Silent Killings Across the Adriatic 🐢 Each year, hundreds of turtles and dozens of dolphins die in Italian and Croatian nets. 📊 EU-funded solutions exist. None is mandatory. 👉 www.journalismfund.eu/silent-killi... 🍀 Supported by Arcadia #EarthInvestigations

🚨 The Invisible Life grant funds journalists investigating farm animal welfare in Europe. 💶 Budget: €225,000 👥 Eligible: Teams of 2+ journalists/news outlets 📅 Deadline: 29 Oct 2026, 13:00 Brussels 👉 🔗 www.journalismfund.eu/invisible-li... #InvisibleLife #InvestigativeJournalism #AnimalWelfare

🚨 Relentless Fishing, Risky Science: Spain and Taiwan’s Blue Shark Trade 🦈 The two land nearly two thirds of reported blue shark catch. The North Atlantic stock is as likely overfished as not. 👉 www.journalismfund.eu/relentless-f...

🚨 The European Business in the Patagonian Vaca Muerta 🛢️ An investigation into European energy firms in Vaca Muerta, where fracking is linked to illness, earth tremors and the displacement of Indigenous communities. 👉 www.journalismfund.eu/european-bus... #EarthInvestigations

The European Business in the Patagonian Vaca Muerta | Journalismfund Europe

BUENOS AIRES / BERLIN / ROME / PARIS - Vaca Muerta is a vast area of Argentine Patagonia, home to the world’s second-largest reserve of unconventional natural gas and the fourth-largest reserve of unconventional oil. In 2012, the Argentine government began investing in the region, with the stated aim of using these resources primarily to meet the country’s domestic energy needs.

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🏭 As Google rapidly expands its data centres in the Belgian region of Hainaut residents are watching farmland, wetlands and entire neighbourhoods disappear behind concrete walls and barbed wire. www.journalismfund.eu/the-data-cen...

The Data Center Boom | Journalismfund Europe

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Volgens de technologiesector stimuleert de groeiende elektriciteitsvraag van datacenters de bouw van nieuwe wind- en zonneparken. Is dat wel echt het geval? apache.be/2026/10/19/v...

🌳 From Indonesia’s hallowed forests to Volkswagen’s electric cars: the dirty nickel trail Our year-long investigation — combining field reporting in Indonesia, satellite analysis, corporate disclosures and trade data – is now out! #Longread 👉 voxeurop.eu/en/indonesia...

From Indonesia’s hallowed forests to Volkswagen’s electric cars: the dirty nickel trail

A year-long investigation traces Indonesian nickel from a biodiversity sanctuary and indigenous homeland, through Chinese factories, to the batteries powering Europe top automaker’s electric cars – an...

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🇺🇦How Europe's welcome of Ukrainians in 2022 turned into years of permanent uncertainty 🔎 This investigation examines how temporary protection has turned into prolonged insecurity in Italy and Poland. Find out more👉 bit.ly/3WebwgZ #expjou

🚨 From Indonesia’s Forests to Volkswagen: The Dirty Nickel Trail 🌳 Nickel traced from Sulawesi through China’s battery industry to Volkswagen’s EVs. 📊 Nearly 2,360 ha of forest lost; Indigenous Tolaki land and livelihoods hit. 👉 www.journalismfund.eu/bankers-and-...

🚨 Why it matters? 📢 Millions of farmed animals are raised largely out of view. Their living conditions and production impact public interest. 📅 29 Oct 2026, 13:00, Brussels 👉 🔗 www.journalismfund.eu/invisible-li... #InvisibleLife #InvestigativeJournalism #AnimalWelfare

🔎 Who investigates the police when allegations of police violence arise? 🇫🇷In France, Flagrant déni investigated the role of police ethics units and the challenges surrounding their independence, particularly when handling cases involving police violence. Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/3WdW709 #PM4D

💧Despite sound EU water laws, the #drinking #water supply system in the EU is showing serious cracks in several regions. 🔎This investigation finds that good water governance and law enforcement are crucial to prevent taps from running dry in many parts of Europe. Read more👉 bit.ly/47V2hF2 #expjou

📱 Empowering citizens to document police misconduct. 🇬🇷In Greece, Copwatch.GR developed Film The Police, a citizen journalism initiative helping communities document police activity safely and effectively. Read more about the project⬇️ www.journalismfund.eu/public-eye-e... #PM4D

🗣️ Local journalism is stronger when communities have a voice. 🇭🇺In Szeged, Hungary, independent news outlet Szegeder found new ways to connect with readers and make local journalism more participatory and sustainable. Read more about the project⬇️ www.journalismfund.eu/empowering-l... #PM4D

@journalismfund.bsky.social sluit zich aan bij de @europeanjournalists.org en meer dan 600 organisaties die de Europese regeringsleiders oproepen om een sterk budget voor AgoraEU te verdedigen op de Europese Raad van 15 en 16 oktober. www.fondspascaldecroos.org/nl/news/jour...

Journalismfund Europe steunt de oproep om AgoraEU te verdedigen | Fonds Pascal Decroos

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🗣️Voices from the Margins and Solutions for the Neighbourhood: the project explored ways to bring underrepresented voices into local reporting, highlighting the challenges residents face as well as the ideas and solutions emerging from their communities. Read more⬇️ bit.ly/3TDWYGN #PM4D