Arena for Journalism in Europe

linkedin.comAngela YT Chan, In Between Green to Grey (2026), video and soundIn Between Green to Grey (2026) by artist-researcher Angela YT Chan is the artistic accompaniment to Green to Grey (2025) "a cross-border, collaborative data project about Europe's disappearing nature,” initiated by Arena for Journalism in Europe and the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK. The investigation used the satellite images of nature loss from across 52 cases of ecological destruction. These were originally gathered using a custom AI model to achieve new and more precise visual evidence on the true scale of ecological destruction in Europe between 2018 and 2023. The images shaped investigations by journalists from 11 European newsrooms about their country’s ecological loss for Green to Grey. This video artwork was created using these images through the processes of thermal printing, scanning, collaging and digital animation. These perform a speculative visual narrative that fill the gap between the ‘before and after’ evidence snapshots captured by the satellite images. The animation ponders on the policy, industrial and construction processes uncovered by the journalists that have turned these landscapes from green to grey. To read the investigations, visit greentogrey.eu Upcoming exhibition: Knowledge in a Fractured World, University of Cambridge, 5 Oct 2026 - 11 Dec 2026

In Between Green to Grey (2026) by artist-researcher @angelaytchan.net, the artistic accompaniment to the #GreenToGrey investigation, is now being shown at the University of Cambridge for their @crasshlive.bsky.social 25th anniversary exhibition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yoh...

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This freely downloadable guide, launched today, is a very practical and useful starting point for putting in FOI requests in other countries and for learning how to make full use of the FOI system internationally

Arena for Journalism in Europe@journalismarena.eu

This morning we launched the cross-border FOI guide ‘Access Europe’, alongside Alexander Fanta of the FOI Network. The guide walks you through FOI in 39 countries, and from the EU institutions, and includes practical knowledge that you’re unlikely to find in other resources, such as: 👇🧵

⚖️ laws governing requests ⌛ timeframes, and the full appeals process 🌍 differences in process between provinces, cantons etc. within a country ✅ examples of successful requests and templates for requests ❌ exemptions routinely used, or common reasons for rejection 📲 specific resources and contacts

A huge thanks to everyone who joined us, and please do share the link to the guide (in comments) with anyone you think might benefit from it. You can also contribute to the guide, if you have specialist knowledge about FOI in a particular country: journalismarena.eu/guide-cross-...

Tomorrow! Sign up for free 👇

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🔎 More than 40 journalists have come together to pool their knowledge and publish an easy-to-follow guide to FOI laws, procedures, tips and tricks in 39 countries across Europe. 📆 Launch event: 11am CET, Thu October 15 🙋🏽 Register at the link in thread 👇

NEW ⚙️ Sign up for our hands-on masterclass, with expert trainer @adahomolova.bsky.social, for journalists who want to learn AI-Assisted Data Journalism with free, open source tools. More details in thread 👇

🦾 Practical command of AI agents for coding, data analysis, and research ⚙️ Ready-to-use workflows to take into the newsroom 🚀 No coding experience necessary! 📅 Starting November 17 💰 €350 Want to pitch our training to your editor? Show them the full details: journalismarena.eu/course-ai-as...

tables.journalismarena.euSign up: Access Europe FOI Guide launch | Baserow

The guide was co-created by @ftm.eu's @alexfanta.bsky.social and our Dataharvest Director @jelena-prtoric.bsky.social. It will be hosted by Arena as a live document maintained by and for journalists across the continent and beyond. Register: tables.journalismarena.eu/form/x5rg-Y0...

🎬 #GreenToGrey is officially a 'blockbuster climate investigation'! Thanks to Diego Arguedas Ortiz for interviewing our journalists Zeynep Şentek and Léopold Salzenstein about the process of building the G2G project. [1/2] Link in thread👇

[2/2] They outline how we built an 11-newsroom team to develop a Norwegian investigation into a major European cross-border collaboration, that was the first of its kind. 🔗 gijn.org/stories/case...

investigativejournalismforeu.netWhy journalism grants can put freelancers at a disadvantage - IJ4EUWhen Romanian investigative journalist Andrei Petre began researching secrecy surrounding European data centres in 2025, he had documents, a story idea and, eventually, an interested publisher.

⚠️ The decline of labour journalism is directly connected to the difficulties of working in journalism, as our Paper, published this week, shows. Another piece published this week, from #IJ4EU, is pertinent: investigativejournalismforeu.net/why-journali...

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📣 Our latest Arena Paper is out, on the decline of labour journalism: 'The invisibles': Why we need to talk about work. While it is possible to trace good, regular, in-depth reporting about labour, these stories are now rare; labour desks are, in effect, extinct. 🧵 👇 [1/3]

Our research shows: 📉 Covid drew labour to the top of the agenda, but coverage has not rallied 🔎 Labour is not seen as a 'sexy' beat, eclipsed by 'prestige' topics such as conflict and politics 🤝🏽 Because labour is a transnational phenomenon, the biggest opportunity for remedy is cross-border support

[3/3] Read the new paper, by @hackette7.bsky.social and Jose Miguel Calatayud: journalismarena.eu/arena-papers/

🚨 24hrs left to apply for our online cross-border training! ⏰ Deadline 30 Sep, 11:59pm CET Apply in thread 🧵👇

journalismarena.euCourse: Your first cross-border investigationWant to take part in a cross-border investigation, but unsure sure how to start? This course is for journalists who may have conducted investigations in their own country, and now want to level-up…

"...the investigative cross-border things organised by Arena have been among my best journalistic experiences." - Marguerite Meyer, freelance journalist Discounts available for freelancers, non-profit/independent staff writers and journalists in exile: journalismarena.eu/your-first-c...

15 Sept

The #GreenToGrey investigation has expanded into #Malta, with @amphora.media's new investigation and interactive map. [1/3]

15 Sept

In collaboration with the Arena for Journalism in Europe team, and supported by the Malta Environment Foundation, this new contribution maps nearly 830,000m² of nature and farmland lost between 2018 and 2023. [2/3]

15 Sept

[3/3] At 0.26% of its total land area, Malta ranks among Europe's top five countries for the share of green land lost to development, and that is the conservative figure. Explore the data, the interactive map and the investigation at 🔗 www.amphora.media/greentogrey

14 Sept

🚨 Deadline extended! Handful of final places for Europe-based journalists with cross-border story ideas -- particularly on environment 🌲 or corporate misconduct ⚠️ ✨ As before, discounts available for freelancers, non-profit/indie staff, journalists in exile etc. [1/2] 🧵👇

14 Sept

[2/2] 🔍 Start a real investigation 🫱🏻‍🫲🏾 Build a team and learn cross-cultural collaboration skills ✏️ Learn how to organise your material, structure your story and find funding Apply by *Sep 30th*. Full information: journalismarena.eu/your-first-c...

7 Sept

🔎 How much land is Malta losing to development – and where? Amphora Media, the non-profit investigative journalism platform of @daphne.foundation, is the latest national outlet to join the #GreenToGrey investigation. Join our dataset launch webinar 👇[1/3]

7 Sept

Built in collaboration with @journalismarena.eu and supported by the Malta Environment Foundation, the dataset will be accessible to the general public as an interactive map of identified cases of land use change.👇 [2/3]

7 Sept

[3/3] We invite you to a webinar to explore an unprecedented dataset of land use change in Malta, with two sessions to choose from: 📅 10 September (Thursday) at 16:00 📅 11 September (Friday) at 16:00 Sign up: forms.gle/vnYa6j3FbtWe...

🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭Achtung, alle deutschsprachigen Journalisten! 🇮🇹 A tutti i giornalisti italiani! 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇮 🇬🇱 🇮🇸 🇫🇴 Obs alle nordiske journalister! [1/4] 🧵 👇

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[3/4] Arena Academy is running our popular cross-border investigation training online. (NB: the course is running in English.) Work with us to start, and publish, your first cross-border investigation!

[4/4] 🔍 Start a real investigation 🫱🏻‍🫲🏾 Build a team and learn cross-cultural collaboration skills ✏️ Learn how to organise your material, structure your story and find funding 🔗 More information: journalismarena.eu/courses 📅 Deadline Sep 6

🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭 Ist unser grenzüberschreitendes Schulungsprogramm das Richtige für Sie? 🇮🇹 Il nostro corso di giornalismo cross-border può fare al caso vostro? 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇮 🇬🇱 🇮🇸 🇫🇴 Er vores træning i grænseoverskridende journalistik noget for dig? [2/4]

🇪🇸 ¡Atención, periodistas españoles! 🇳🇱 Opgelet aan alle Nederlandse journalisten! 🇫🇷 Avis aux journalistes français! 🇵🇹 Atenção, jornalistas portugueses! [1/4] 🧵👇

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[4/4] 🔍 Start a real investigation🫱🏻‍🫲🏾 Build a team and learn cross-cultural collaboration skills ✏️ Learn how to organise your material, structure your story and find funding 🔗 More information: journalismarena.eu/courses 📅 Deadline Sep 6

🇪🇸 ¡Atención, periodistas españoles! 🇳🇱 Opgelet aan alle Nederlandse journalisten! 🇫🇷 Avis aux journalistes français! 🇵🇹 Atenção, jornalistas portugueses! [1/4] 🧵👇

🇪🇸 ¿Es este curso de periodismo transfronterizo para ti? 🇳🇱 Is deze grensoverschrijdende training iets voor jou? 🇫🇷 Cette formation transfrontalière est-elle faite pour vous? 🇵🇹 É o nosso curso transfronteiriço ideal para vós? [2/4]

27 Aug

📝 Arena Papers is a series of articles reflecting on journalism practice in an era of rapid societal, technological, and professional changes, where collaboration is more important than ever. [1/3] 👇

27 Aug

[2/3] The latest is the 'Crossborder Journalism Campus Guidebook', a how-to on cross-border collaboration for journalism academics and students, and we have forthcoming papers on fundraising and labour issues.

27 Aug

[3/3] 🔎 Explore and download all the Arena Papers for free here: journalismarena.eu/arena-papers/

26 Aug

Arena’s online cross-border investigation training takes you from pitch to publication. Join the Arena and Dataharvest community, Europe’s premier collaborative and cross-border journalism organisation, by completing this exclusive course with our expert trainers. [1/2] 👇

26 Aug

[2/2] 🔍 Start a real investigation🫱🏻‍🫲🏾 Build a team and learn cross-cultural collaboration skills ✏️ Learn how to organise your material, structure your story and find funding 🔗 More information at journalismarena.eu/courses 📅 Deadline Sep 6

🏆 We're so proud that the #ForeverLobbying Project is shortlisted for IJ4EU‘s #impact award, from nearly 100 journalism projects across Europe. A huge congratulations to our partners in the Forever team, led by the indomitable Stéphane Horel ✊ [1/5]

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🔗 Read the announcement with the full nominees list, and find the Forever project site, below: investigativejournalismforeu.net/ten-investig... [4/5]

[5/5] foreverpollution.eu

[2/5] After the revelations of the Forever Pollution project, the Forever Lobbying project saw another cross-border, interdisciplinary collaboration that brought together 46 journalists and 18 experts to reveal lobbying efforts to water down the regulation of PFAS...

...(aka 'forever chemicals'). As Stéphane says: "The fact that two of the ten nominations were for investigations into chemical pollution speaks volumes about how the contamination of the Earth has become a hot topic in journalism." [3/5]

3 Aug

Working in a cross-border investigative team? Our Collaborative Desk team provides: 🔦 A digital security assessment 🔒 A secure tech infrastructure using open-source tools 🤝 Ongoing support and mentoring by our expert team 🌍 Connection with an extensive network of European partners 🔗 Read more👇

3 Aug

Book a free consultation here: journalismarena.eu/collaborativ...

29 July

📣 Want to take part in a cross-border investigation but not sure where to start? Read on... 🧵👇[1/3]

29 July

[2/3] The first in Arena Academy’s new online course series will give journalists who want to learn cross-border skills the mentorship and structure to learn a proven framework, use bespoke, secure tools, build a team, and begin on the path to publication.