Working Together Across Borders

Arena for Journalism in Europe supports collaborative journalism – journalists working together across geographical borders, and journalists working across professional borders with scholars, scientists, and with civil society.

We believe that collaborative journalism is crucial to knowledge sharing, critical thinking and political life in European societies. We build European networks, create cross-border meeting spaces, and spread the tools and experiences of collaborative projects.

The core activities of Arena are:

The Conferences


Planning and organizing Dataharvest – the European Investigative Journalism Conference (next May 22-25, 2025) and the Climate Arena Conference (next Oct. 10-11, 2025, in Budapest.).

The Networks


Facilitating open networks for information sharing to help journalists to collaborate across borders.

The Academy


Educating and knowledge sharing about cross-border collaborative journalism through training, publishing articles, speaking, developing educational materials and advising on cross-border collaborative journalism education.

 

Latest News


  • The Climate Arena goes to Budapest

    Save the date! This year, the Climate Arena Conference will be in Budapest on 10-11 October 2025. Got a skill, investigation or a method to share? Our call for session proposals is now open. We’re looking for:  Sessions on methods uncovering green-washing, lobbying, government or industry action fuelling the climate crisis; Hands-on workshops teaching skills…

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  • Kickstart your data journalism

    Do you consider yourself a beginner when it comes to data? Would you like an overview of how data journalism is done and try your hand at it? We no longer run beginner sessions at the Dataharvest conference, but over the coming months, you can join us as we show how to analyze data using…

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  • Arena for Journalism in Europe launches Arena Papers

    Arena for Journalism in Europe has launched the Arena Papers, a new series of articles reflecting on journalism practice in our time. Written by and for journalism practitioners, the series aims to foster discussion and development in the field of in-depth, collaborative, and investigative journalism. We believe there is a need for reflection on the…

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  • Frank Gander new chairperson of Arena, Roelof Gunnink joining the board

    Norwegian Frank Gander is the new chairperson of Arena for Journalism in Europe. Frank is the senior strategic advisor for the Amedia Group in Norway and joined the board of Arena in May 2024. Frank stepped into the new role as of January 13th, 2025. At the same time, Roelof Gunnink, finance and operations manager…

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