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Get Ready for Climate Arena 2024: Program Released and Tickets on Sale

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Arena for Journalism in Europe presents the Climate Arena Conference 2024 program, set to take place in Bologna, Italy, on October 18-19. This year’s program, curated by the Arena Climate Network, promises an engaging mix of panels, workshops, and roundtables, all tailored to enhance climate reporting. The third edition of the conference features over 25 … Read more

Unveiling ‘Under the Surface’: a cross-border investigation exposing Europe’s groundwater crisis

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After months of cross-border work, we are happy to announce the publication of Under the Surface, the first investigation coordinated by Arena’s Climate Network. Under the Surface, coordinated by Arena for Journalism in Europe and initiated by Spanish digital media outlet Datadista, delved into official data from European countries to provide a comprehensive overview of … Read more

Ticket sales open for the Climate Arena Conference 2024

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Registration for the Climate Arena Conference 2024 is now open! Get yourself an Early Bird ticket, while they are still available! On 18-19 October, journalists and scientists from across Europe will gather in Bologna for two days of workshops and collaboration focused on climate, energy, and environmental reporting. Following the success of the previous conferences … Read more

Looking back to the Vienna Climate Arena conference

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In mid-November 2023, 150 climate journalists and scientists gathered in Vienna from across Europe – from Portugal, to Norway to Turkey to Armenia – to share and collaborate in investigating the climate crisis together, at our Climate Arena Conference, organised by Arena’s Climate Network. This was the second Climate Arena Conference we put on, after … Read more

Scaling up our Climate Arena Conference

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Earlier this year we hosted our first Climate Arena Conference, where we brought together 55 journalists and climate scientists for two days of workshops and collaboration focused entirely on climate reporting. Topics ranged from investigating the carbon offsetting industry’s dubious claims, to journalism-science collaborations, to using data to tell climate stories, and much more. Following … Read more

Fellowships for climate investigations!

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Do you have a cross-border and investigative climate story idea and are eager to work in a team setting? Then you can apply for Arena’s fellowship and get both financial support and mentoring for your story. Deadline is August 31!

Your project idea could be investigative, or data-related, or both. The fellowships are for journalist in any stages of their career, and we encourage both early- and mid-career reporters to apply. We also particularly encourage applications from journalists whose backgrounds are underrepresented in the European media.

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The Reference Circle Spring 2023 meet-up: building our capacity to work together

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Earlier this month, 24 leaders of independent media organisations from across Europe gathered in Belgium to work on solving shared challenges together. At this Reference Circle meet-up at Dataharvest, one of two in-person network meetings we hold each year, we created space for discussions about developing the network, as well as working on specific challenges … Read more

From the Arena Housing Network to the European Cities investigative Journalism Accelerator

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Local journalism in the cities of Europe

Affordable dorms for students, corporate landlords driving up rental costs and bullying tenants, freezing at christmas due to exploding energy prizes. Or indeed mapping, which cities have a growing young population, and which cities have ageing populations. These are just a few stories producded by the European Cities Investigative Journalism Accelerator, a collaboration of European media.

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