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Arena for Journalism in Europe

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Arena is a non-profit promoting cross-border collaborative journalism. We organise Dataharvest - the European Investigative Journalism Conference, the Climate Arena Conference, and develop cross-border networks. journalismarena.eu

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 7h
[2/2] They outline how we built an 11-newsroom team to develop a Norwegian investigation into a major European cross-border collaboration, that was the first of its kind. 🔗 gijn.org/stories/case...
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 7h
🎬 #GreenToGrey is officially a 'blockbuster climate investigation'! Thanks to Diego Arguedas Ortiz for interviewing our journalists Zeynep Şentek and Léopold Salzenstein about the process of building the G2G project. [1/2] Link in thread👇
A screenshot of the GIJN article "Behind the scenes: How four journalism teams pulled off their blockbuster climate investigations", featuring a satellite image from our Green to Grey investigation.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 02/10/2026
⚠️ The decline of labour journalism is directly connected to the difficulties of working in journalism, as our Paper, published this week, shows. Another piece published this week, from #IJ4EU, is pertinent: investigativejournalismforeu.net/why-journali...
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Why journalism grants can put freelancers at a disadvantage - IJ4EU
When Romanian investigative journalist Andrei Petre began researching secrecy surrounding European data centres in 2025, he had documents, a story idea and, eventually, an interested publisher.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 30/09/2026
[3/3] Read the new paper, by @hackette7.bsky.social and Jose Miguel Calatayud: journalismarena.eu/arena-papers/
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 30/09/2026
Our research shows: 📉 Covid drew labour to the top of the agenda, but coverage has not rallied 🔎 Labour is not seen as a 'sexy' beat, eclipsed by 'prestige' topics such as conflict and politics 🤝🏽 Because labour is a transnational phenomenon, the biggest opportunity for remedy is cross-border support
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 30/09/2026
📣 Our latest Arena Paper is out, on the decline of labour journalism: 'The invisibles': Why we need to talk about work. While it is possible to trace good, regular, in-depth reporting about labour, these stories are now rare; labour desks are, in effect, extinct.  🧵 👇 [1/3]
A stack of papers with a coffee stain, with the title 'The invisibles': Why we need to talk about work. Overlaid is the Arena and Arena Papers logos, as well as a subtitle: Mapping the structural forces of labour journalism's decline - and what we can do about it.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 29/09/2026
"...the investigative cross-border things organised by Arena have been among my best journalistic experiences." - Marguerite Meyer, freelance journalist Discounts available for freelancers, non-profit/independent staff writers and journalists in exile: journalismarena.eu/your-first-c...
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Course: Your first cross-border investigation
Want to take part in a cross-border investigation, but unsure sure how to start? This course is for journalists who may have conducted investigations in their own country, and now want to level-up…
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 29/09/2026
🚨 24hrs left to apply for our online cross-border training! ⏰ Deadline 30 Sep, 11:59pm CET Apply in thread 🧵👇
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 15/09/2026
[3/3] At 0.26% of its total land area, Malta ranks among Europe's top five countries for the share of green land lost to development, and that is the conservative figure. Explore the data, the interactive map and the investigation at 🔗 www.amphora.media/greentogrey
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 15/09/2026
In collaboration with the Arena for Journalism in Europe team, and supported by the Malta Environment Foundation, this new contribution maps nearly 830,000m² of nature and farmland lost between 2018 and 2023. [2/3]
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 15/09/2026
The #GreenToGrey investigation has expanded into #Malta, with @amphora.media's new investigation and interactive map. [1/3]
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 14/09/2026
[2/2] 🔍 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 Apply by *Sep 30th*. Full information: journalismarena.eu/your-first-c...
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Course: Your first cross-border investigation
Want to take part in a cross-border investigation, but unsure sure how to start? This course is for journalists who may have conducted investigations in their own country, and now want to level-up…
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 14/09/2026
🚨 Deadline extended! Handful of final places for Europe-based journalists with cross-border story ideas -- particularly on environment 🌲 or corporate misconduct ⚠️ ✨ As before, discounts available for freelancers, non-profit/indie staff, journalists in exile etc. [1/2] 🧵👇
The graphic for Arena's training course: "Your first cross-border investigation", with a banner overlaid that reads "deadline extended"
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 07/09/2026
[3/3] We invite you to a webinar to explore an unprecedented dataset of land use change in Malta, with two sessions to choose from: 📅 10 September (Thursday) at 16:00 📅 11 September (Friday) at 16:00 Sign up: forms.gle/vnYa6j3FbtWe...
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 07/09/2026
Built in collaboration with @journalismarena.eu and supported by the Malta Environment Foundation, the dataset will be accessible to the general public as an interactive map of identified cases of land use change.👇 [2/3]
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 07/09/2026
🔎 How much land is Malta losing to development – and where? Amphora Media, the non-profit investigative journalism platform of @daphne.foundation, is the latest national outlet to join the #GreenToGrey investigation.  Join our dataset launch webinar 👇[1/3]
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 28/08/2026
[4/4] 🔍 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 🔗 More information: journalismarena.eu/courses 📅 Deadline Sep 6
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 28/08/2026
[3/4] Arena Academy is running our popular cross-border investigation training online. (NB: the course is running in English.)  Work with us to start, and publish, your first cross-border investigation!
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 28/08/2026
🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭 Ist unser grenzüberschreitendes Schulungsprogramm das Richtige für Sie? 🇮🇹 Il nostro corso di giornalismo cross-border può fare al caso vostro?  🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇮 🇬🇱 🇮🇸 🇫🇴 Er vores træning i grænseoverskridende journalistik noget for dig? [2/4]
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 28/08/2026
🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭Achtung, alle deutschsprachigen Journalisten!  🇮🇹 A tutti i giornalisti italiani!  🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇮 🇬🇱 🇮🇸 🇫🇴 Obs alle nordiske journalister! [1/4] 🧵 👇
A graphic for Arena Academy's new 7 week course: 'Your first cross-border investigation'. Amid the text is a red dashed arrow winding from left to right, with location pins plotted along its course.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 28/08/2026
[4/4] 🔍 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 🔗 More information: journalismarena.eu/courses 📅 Deadline Sep 6
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 28/08/2026
[3/4] Arena Academy is running our popular cross-border investigation training online. (NB: the course is running in English.)  Work with us to start, and publish, your first cross-border investigation!
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 28/08/2026
🇪🇸 ¿Es este curso de periodismo transfronterizo para ti? 🇳🇱 Is deze grensoverschrijdende training iets voor jou? 🇫🇷 Cette formation transfrontalière est-elle faite pour vous?  🇵🇹 É o nosso curso transfronteiriço ideal para vós? [2/4]
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 28/08/2026
🇪🇸 ¡Atención, periodistas españoles!  🇳🇱 Opgelet aan alle Nederlandse journalisten!  🇫🇷 Avis aux journalistes français!  🇵🇹 Atenção, jornalistas portugueses! [1/4] 🧵👇
A graphic for Arena Academy's new 7 week course: 'Your first cross-border investigation'. Amid the text is a red dashed arrow winding from left to right, with location pins plotted along its course.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 27/08/2026
[3/3] 🔎 Explore and download all the Arena Papers for free here: journalismarena.eu/arena-papers/
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 27/08/2026
[2/3] The latest is the 'Crossborder Journalism Campus Guidebook', a how-to on cross-border collaboration for journalism academics and students, and we have forthcoming papers on fundraising and labour issues.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 27/08/2026
📝 Arena Papers is a series of articles reflecting on journalism practice in an era of rapid societal, technological, and professional changes, where collaboration is more important than ever. [1/3] 👇
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 26/08/2026
[2/2] 🔍 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 🔗 More information at journalismarena.eu/courses 📅 Deadline Sep 6
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 26/08/2026
Arena’s online cross-border investigation training takes you from pitch to publication. Join the Arena and Dataharvest community, Europe’s premier collaborative and cross-border journalism organisation, by completing this exclusive course with our expert trainers. [1/2] 👇
A graphic for Arena Academy's new 7 week course: 'Your first cross-border investigation'. Amid the text is a red dashed arrow winding from left to right, with location pins plotted along its course.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 10/08/2026
[5/5] foreverpollution.eu
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 10/08/2026
🔗 Read the announcement with the full nominees list, and find the Forever project site, below:  investigativejournalismforeu.net/ten-investig... [4/5]
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 10/08/2026
...(aka 'forever chemicals'). As Stéphane says: "The fact that two of the ten nominations were for investigations into chemical pollution speaks volumes about how the contamination of the Earth has become a hot topic in journalism." [3/5]
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 10/08/2026
[2/5] After the revelations of the Forever Pollution project, the Forever Lobbying project saw another cross-border, interdisciplinary collaboration that brought together 46 journalists and 18 experts to reveal lobbying efforts to water down the regulation of PFAS...
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 10/08/2026
🏆 We're so proud that the #ForeverLobbying Project is shortlisted for IJ4EU‘s #impact award, from nearly 100 journalism projects across Europe. A huge congratulations to our partners in the Forever team, led by the indomitable Stéphane Horel ✊ [1/5]
An award graphic for the Forever Lobbying Project, given by the IJ4EU impact awards. The collage behind the text shows a young child in winter clothing playing on an industrial landscape, with a factory in the background, slightly blurred.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 03/08/2026
Book a free consultation here: journalismarena.eu/collaborativ...
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 03/08/2026
Working in a cross-border investigative team? Our Collaborative Desk team provides: 🔦 A digital security assessment 🔒 A secure tech infrastructure using open-source tools 🤝 Ongoing support and mentoring by our expert team 🌍 Connection with an extensive network of European partners 🔗 Read more👇
The Collaborative Desk hero graphic. The Collaborative Desk logo sits in the centre, surrounded by yellow and blue geometric shapes, dots and dashes, and symbols such as shields, computer screens and avatars that denote security and networking.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 29/07/2026
[3/3] 🔍 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 Pitch our expert-led training to your editor! Learn more: journalismarena.eu/courses 📅 Deadline Sep 6
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 29/07/2026
[2/3] The first in Arena Academy’s new online course series will give journalists who want to learn cross-border skills the mentorship and structure to learn a proven framework, use bespoke, secure tools, build a team, and begin on the path to publication.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 29/07/2026
📣 Want to take part in a cross-border investigation but not sure where to start? Read on... 🧵👇[1/3]
A graphic for Arena Academy's new 7 week course: 'Your first cross-border investigation'. Amid the text is a red dashed arrow winding from left to right, with location pins plotted along its course.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 24/07/2026
🎧️ Have you listened to The Loop yet? 🎙️ These interviews with the independent Reference Circle newsrooms reveal best practice on key #journalism business challenges in a pioneering cross-border exchange of knowledge. Listen to the whole series here: journalismvalueproject.eu/loop/
A screenshot of the Loop podcast's website, showing six episode thumbnails and descriptions in a grid.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 14/07/2026
💙 The Dataharvest 2026 Illustration Gallery is live! Thanks to our live illustrator Pieter Fannes who brings our conference to life every year by visualising our journalist community's work in beautiful, imaginative ways. Visit the gallery at the link in bio, and Pieter's work at pieterfannes.com
An illustration depicting a session at Dataharvest 2026, where two women present their investigation 'From Onlyfans to Onlyscams'. One woman sits at a desk and one stands behind it with a microphone, and a selection of their slides are projected behind them on the wall, depicting a wolf engaging a young woman in cam work, with subtitles such as "women only get 5%" and "sexting done by pimp (or bots)"An illustration depicting a session where two female journalists describe impersonating other people online to infiltrate a rapist network. The two women appear 'inside' snakes, holding notebooks and pens, taking notes as they chat to the snakes around them. Bubbles containing their advice for safety when undercover appear around them: 'define your persona', 'stick to your rules: no encouraging', and 'check your mental health'.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 01/07/2026
📣 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] 👇
A graphic for the 7 week course 'Your first cross-border investigation'. Red and black lettering on a white background with a red dashed line suggesting a winding path from left to right.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 08/07/2026
💚 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...
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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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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 06/07/2026
On Jul 7, join the Sigma Award winners -- including our data co-ordinator @leosal.bsky.social -- at @gijn.org's webinar on using data to tell stories. Leo will speak about combining AI, satellite data, multimedia and on-the-ground reporting to produce #GreenToGrey. gijn.org/event/lesson...
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The Data Investigator’s Toolkit: Lessons from 2026’s Sigma Award Winners
In this fast-paced session, all 10 winners of the 2026 Sigma Awards will briefly showcase the data journalism approaches and breakthroughs that helped them uncover complex stories.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 01/07/2026
[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
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 01/07/2026
📣 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] 👇
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Yossi Bartal @yossibartal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Thrilled to be included in this article about this year's Dataharvest! "Stefan Candea and Yossi Bartal presented one of the year’s most revealing investigations. When 300GB of data from the Israeli Ministry of Justice was leaked, few took notice. It took Bartal’s particular profile to act on it".
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 10/06/2026
And yet, while we use AI for climate investigations, we also know AI companies are not yet sufficiently mitigating the technology's climate impacts. If you're at #NR26, come to hear the panel discuss the complexities of AI in climate investigations.  📆 Saturday June 13, 2026 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 10/06/2026
Our groundbreaking cross-border collaborative project quantified how much nature is lost in Europe to construction projects each day. The work was based on an analysis of a global land cover datasets, using a deep-learning image recognition model.
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 10/06/2026
Arena journalist @jelena-prtoric.bsky.social will be speaking at the Netzwerk Recherche conference this weekend about the use of AI tools in our #GreenToGrey investigation.
A photo of the Netzwerk Recherche 26 branding - a sci-fi cartoon style woman drawn against a purple background, shouting, with the link to the NR26 programme in her speech bubble.
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