Brigitte Alfter
@hackette7.bsky.social
Director Arena for Journalism in Europe https://journalismarena.eu/, Journalist http://www.alfter.dk/ Posting on journalism, Europe, collaborative journalism
💚 Thanks to Rina Tsubaki for this interview with Arena journalists @zeynepsentek.bsky.social and @jelena-prtoric.bsky.social on our Sigma Award-winning #GreenToGrey project. informa-forests.eu/from-satelli...
From satellite imagery to AI: Learning from Green to Grey, a science-geared cross-border investigative journalism - Informa Forests
By Rina Tsubaki
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[2/2] Pitch our expert-led training to your editor! Show them the full details here: journalismarena.eu/courses 📅 Starting October 6 💰 Introductory offer: €800
📣 Want to do a cross-border investigation but not sure where to start? Take a look at Arena Academy’s first online course: 🔍 Start a real investigation 🫱🏻🫲🏾 Build a team and learn cross-cultural collaboration skills ✏️ Learn how to organise your material, structure your story and find funding [1/2] 👇
Another week to pitch your ideas for sessions at the Dataharvest 2026!
Arena for Journalism in Europe@journalismarena.eu · 7mo ago📣 Pitch a session for Dataharvest 2026! We're looking for proposals on: 📊 Data skills 🔎 'Behind-the-scenes' investigation methods 🌍 Cross-border investigation presentations 💼 FOI efforts ...and much more. 🗓️ Deadline 18 Jan Read what we're looking for and apply here: dataharvest.eu/2025/11/21/w...
🎟️ Our first round of Dataharvest tickets is sold out! But don't worry if you haven't got your ticket yet... 🗓️ The second round of tickets opens again in mid-February | Visit dataharvest.eu for all details.
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📣 Pitch a session for Dataharvest 2026! We're looking for proposals on: 📊 Data skills 🔎 'Behind-the-scenes' investigation methods 🌍 Cross-border investigation presentations 💼 FOI efforts ...and much more. 🗓️ Deadline 18 Jan Read what we're looking for and apply here: dataharvest.eu/2025/11/21/w...
📆 It's time for the #ClimateArena conference! This week, we will be meeting climate journalists, activists & scientists in Budapest for #CA25. If you haven't yet got your tickets, there are still a handful left. 🔎 Programme: climatearena2025.sched.com 🎟️ Tickets: climatearena.eu/register/
[2/3] #GreenToGrey, a groundbreaking data journalism collaboration between Arena and 11 news teams across Europe, reveals the scale of nature and cropland loss across the continent. Today we’re publishing this investigation initiated by Arena and NRK 🇳🇴, the first of its kind in Europe, alongside:
[3/3] Datadista 🇪🇸 De Standaard 🇧🇪 Die Zeit 🇩🇪 Facta 🇮🇹 Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱 Le Monde 🇫🇷 Long Play 🇫🇮 Reporters United 🇬🇷 The Black Sea 🇹🇷 The Guardian 🇬🇧 And our scientist partners at NINA 🇳🇴 Read more and find out how to take action at greentogrey.eu | #GreenToGrey
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🚨 NEW: By the end of this video, Europe will have lost 2850m² of land to construction. That’s almost half a Premier League football pitch. This rate of loss, amounting to 600 football pitches a day, is 1.5 times higher than official EEA estimates. This is the #GreenToGrey project. [1/3]
📣 Arena experts will be at #iMEdDIJF25 in a few days! Come and meet our director @hackette7.bsky.social in the Media Village, and/or book a slot (Sep 26 only) with our digital security expert @demkodo.bsky.social: forum.imedd.org/en/journalis... 📆 September 25, 26 and 27 📍 Piraeus 260, Athens
📣 Tickets for Climate Arena #CA25 are now on sale! 🌍 10-11 October, Budapest 🕊️ 50 early bird tickets - get them before they're gone! climatearena.eu/register/
Highly interesting test case in the Netherlands and of interest across Europe: Can the new EU anti-SLAPP directive protect EU citizens against malvolent court action, the so-called strategic lawsuits against public participation? euobserver.com/rule-of-law/... www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Court attacks and defunding NGOs: a growing pattern of silencing protest in Europe
This week, Greenpeace had its first hearing in a Dutch court to use the EU’s new protections against these types of spurious lawsuits to shut down free speech – the first time this EU law will be put ...
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"The podcast format is well suited to #InvestigativeJournalism, because there is room to delve deeply into complex stories with few limits on length." @gijn.org distils a Dataharvest 2025 session on podcasts into 6 tips for getting started: gijn.org/stories/6-ti...
6 Tips for Launching an Investigative Podcast
A Dataharvest session with podcast veterans from Poland and Portugal offered advice for journalists considering audio storytelling — from narrative tricks to business models.
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Are you coming to Dataharvest for the first time? When you see these signs, you are in the right place! #dataharvest #EIJC25
Interesting and important #job #journalism #exile jx-fund.org/newsroom/new...
JX Fund Seeks Managing Director
The JX Fund supports exiled media from countries where independent reporting is no longer possible and helps to maintain a diversity of voices. Without exiled media, censorship, propaganda and disinfo...
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Want to #comment on #EU legislation BEFORE it is passed? Follow the tracker to alert you when there is a public hearing in your field of interest: notificationtracker.eu By @corporateeurope.bsky.social
NotificationTracker – Who Shapes EU Notifications?
Track how lobbyists and governments shape EU Notifications – before they're adopted.
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So happy and proud that Le Monde and the Groundwater investigation, co-initiated and coordinated by ARENA for Journalism in Europe, wins the Sigma data journalism award! Wonderful team at Arena and the partners: You rock!
Arena for Journalism in Europe@journalismarena.eu · last yr.The Under the Surface investigation, co-ordinated by Arena, WINS a 2025 Sigma Award! The jury praised the "important" cross-border investigation into Europe's groundwater for "dynamic visuals, in-depth analysis, and clear methodology that could be replicated elsewhere...” gijn.org/stories/gijn...
🚨 Journalists in Western Balkans and Türkiye: The #EUAward2025 is open for applications! Did your 2024 investigation make waves? Now’s the time to enter - submit your stories with national or regional impact. 💶 €10,000 per category 📅 Deadline: 16 June 2025 👉 Apply: bit.ly/4kHrV4L
✨The multi-award-winning Under the Surface investigation, co-ordinated by Arena, is now nominated for TWO 2025 Sigma Awards! This crucial cross-border investigation, typical of Arena's projects, is based on data every EU member state reports on the condition of their groundwater. Thanks @gijn.org!
Global Investigative Journalism Network@gijn.org · last yr.💫 NEW! GIJN, the new home of the Sigma Awards, is proud to announce the 2025 shortlist for the best data journalism projects and portfolios in the past year. 👏 50 data journalism projects from 24 countries made it to the final round of the competition. https://twp.ai/9PSjQG
See you in Budapest in October for the Climate Arena Conference?
Arena for Journalism in Europe@journalismarena.eu · last yr.⏱️ The deadline for proposals for the Climate Arena Conference is coming up! 5th May, 11:59pm CET 📝 Find out what we are looking for, and how to submit a proposal HERE: pretalx.com/climate-aren... Plus, here's our guide to what makes a great session: climatearena.eu/what-makes-a...
⏱️ The deadline for proposals for the Climate Arena Conference is coming up! 5th May, 11:59pm CET 📝 Find out what we are looking for, and how to submit a proposal HERE: pretalx.com/climate-aren... Plus, here's our guide to what makes a great session: climatearena.eu/what-makes-a...
What makes a great Climate Arena session
Our tips on how to craft a great session to pitch for the Climate Arena Conference…
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See you in Budapest in October? Climate Arena Conference call for proposals out now! Dataharvest style conference for journalists covering or wishing to cover climate and environment: Climate Arena Conference has opened its call for proposals for 2025. pretalx.com/climate-aren...
Have you ever published an article or a book? Check out whether it's been used to train Meta's AI via The Atlantic's search page www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... Based on a leaked dataset, The Atlantic looks into Meta's training of its AI www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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German journalism organisations and others call for signatures: In the ongoing negotiations to shape a new government in Germany, one point on the agenda is to abolish people's right to information about public proceedings weact.campact.de/petitions/sp...
SPD, keine Koalition ohne Informationsfreiheit!
Die Union plant, das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz auszuhebeln. Fordere die SPD auf, keine Koalition ohne Transparenz einzugehen. Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️
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Let's meet and reflect and discuss our journalism in Europe! New series of practice oriented papers launched by @journalismarena.eu today with contributions from @hazelsheffield.bsky.social @alessia81.bsky.social More papers are lined up - stay tuned.
Arena for Journalism in Europe@journalismarena.eu · last yr.Arena for Journalism in Europe launches the 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀, a new series reflecting on journalism practice. The first three papers, written by Brigitte Alfter, Hazel Sheffield, and Alessia Cerantola, are now available 📚 Read more and download the papers ➡ https://buff.ly/3ETPFmp #ArenaPapers
New Swiss work grant for cross-border collaborative journalism by @reflektch.bsky.social reflekt.ch/crossborder/
REFLEKT Cross-Border Investigation Grant
REFLEKT ist das erste unabhängige und gemeinnützige Recherche-Team der Schweiz. Um Missstände aufzudecken und Transparenz zu fördern, konzentrieren wir uns auf mehrmonatige, investigative Recherche-Pr...
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