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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Managing director moves on

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In the past year, Arena has taken a major leap in its organisational development, and now the managing director, Sanne Schim van der Loeff, has decided to move on to a new position. Sanne joined Arena in April 2022 and will leave Arena by mid-September 2023. ”We are very sad to see Sanne go. She took … Read more

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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Reference mailing list moves to Netzwerk Recherche

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The mailing list for the European Network of Independent Journalism Organisations was set up after expression of interest during the Dataharvest Digital 2020 conference to launch a European network of independent journalism organisations. The list was jointly set up by Arena for Journalism in Europe and Netzwerk Recherche.

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Learning lunch: How agriculture pollutes our waters (and the EU does ‘too little, too late’)

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Join us for a learning lunch on Wednesday, February 8, from 13:00 -14:15 CET. Click here to join.

60 per cent of Europe’s surface water (lakes, rivers etc.) are not in a good chemical or ecological status, and more than a quarter of the ground water is in the same state – and industrial agriculture remains one of the main pressures on our water bodies. These numbers are probably even underestimated, due to insufficient data and the current testing practices.

These are some of the conclusions highlighted in “Troubled Waters”, a new research project by Jelena Prtorić from Arena for Journalism in Europe and Luisa Izuzquiza from the German NGO FragDenStaat. The two

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Arena’s Climate Network moves up a gear

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Three new faces join the Arena Climate Network, lots of new activities in the pipeline!

We are revitalising our Climate Network to offer investigative and data journalists across Europe a hub for collaboration, discussion and learning from each other. Among our many new activities will be a conference series, combined with training, a mentorship program, and guidance for the setting up of local networks.

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