Shaken by crises as we are these years, we, journalists, obviously must sometimes stop and think: How do we best act here? Journalism as usual does not seem quite enough in these times. So for 2024, we are looking forward to developing our profession, to keep exploring new paths, and to focusing on the urgent … Read more
Arena for Journalism is very happy to announce we are now an official partner in the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) program, and we look forward to providing training, support and match-making for cross-border journalism teams. Now in its fifth edition, IJ4EU is a major project to support cross-border journalism in Europe with funding, and opportunities … Read more
Registration for Dataharvest 2024 is now open. This is the fourteenth edition of the European Investigative Journalism Conference, which for over a decade has been a key meeting place and learning forum for investigative and cross-border journalism in Europe. The three day conference opens on 31 May 2024, when more than 500 European investigative journalists will … Read more
The European Collaborative Journalism Programme is a bootcamp designed to help kickstart your next cross-border investigation.
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
How can independent public interest journalism convert its public value into financial value? With the Journalism Value Project, we aim to find that out.
Last week the Arena for Journalism in Europe team travelled to Gothenburg to discuss the future of collaborative journalism at the 2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference. So it was a delight when Marina Walker Guevara from the Pulitzer Center opened the conference with the words “Collaboration is the new normal.” We saw this throughout the conference, … Read more
Arena for Journalism in Europe is looking for a truly versatile finance profile with strong accounting flair to join the growing organisation. As the young organisation moves into a new and more established phase, we’re looking to beef up our financial operations capacity. In this new role, you will help develop and improve the overall … Read more
Cross-border journalism is a powerful way for research to have a big impact, but conducting it successfully presents a unique set of challenges, from coordinating teams to maintaining secure technical infrastructure. Arena for Journalism in Europe is today launching a solution to these eternal needs for cross-border projects: The Collaborative Desk. This initiative aims to … Read more
As of September 2023, Arena will be managed by a trio of competent colleagues – old and new. Brigitte Alfter, founder of Arena, will resume her position as overall director of the organisation. Her main responsibilities will be the organisational overview, fundraising as well as editorial tasks. Trine Smistrup, co-founder of Arena and director of … Read more