We create and coordinate networks to promote and facilitate cross-border collaborative journalism.
Our strategy is to focus on topics of particular relevance and to take advantage of the Dataharvest conference to bring together potential network members – investigative journalists, data experts, other researchers – around a specialised track about the topic selected by the editorial team each year.
When possible, we join forces with existing organisations with the aim of spinning off the resulting functioning network.
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Climate Arena Network
Launched in 2022, this network puts issues concerning food and water on the European agenda while at the same time establishing the connection with citizens on a local level.
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Reference – the European Independent Media Circle
Reference is a self-organised network of independent European news publishers.
The network supports each other to address non-editorial organisational and business challenges, and advocate collectively for the wellbeing and financial sustainability of independent, public interest media in Europe.
It is currently being incubated by Arena.
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Arena Labour Network
This is our newest network, in the early stages of emerging. The Labour Network focuses on cross-border investigations into European labour issues.
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Arena Food & Water Network
Launched in 2022, this network puts issues concerning food and water on the European agenda while at the same time establishing the connection with citizens on a local level.
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The Algorithm Network
Launched in 2018, this network is now being coordinated by AlgorithmWatch
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The Arena Housing Project
The Arena Housing Project was an open collaborative network for journalists and researchers working on housing across Europe.
It is now the Urban Journalism Network.