Dataharvest 2015: Full Schedule

Dataharvest/EIJC, the European Investigative and Data Journalism Conference organised by Journalismfund.eu, is the most relevant networking event for investigative and data journalists in Europe. Dataharvest/EIJC15 will take place on Friday 8, Saturday 9 and Sunday morning 10 May 2015, with a pre-conference Hackaton on Thursday 7 May. Like the previous years, the conference will take place in the centre of Brussels.

14:00 CEST

Investigative journalism start-ups

All over Europe we see journalism start-ups, many of them with and investigative or data journalism focus. Are there synergies or common problems? Meet some of the prominent new and slightly older journalism start-ups, none of them elder than a teenager.

http://www.journalismfund.eu/investigative-journalism-europe

Moderators

Margo Smit

ombudsman, GIJN/ICIJ

Margo Smit is news ombudsman since August 1, 2015, overseeing the journalistic output of the Dutch public broadcasters at NPO since january 1, 2017.Smit has been working in journalism since 1989. She was successively a desk editor at commercial and public broadcasters, parliamentary... Read More →

Speakers

Cecilia Anesi

Co-founder, IrpiMedia

Cecilia Anesi is an investigative reporter with IrpiMedia, the investigative media outlet of Italy's investigative journalism centre IRPI (Investigative Reporting Project Italy) which she co-funded in 2012. IRPI is a member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network and the OCCRP... Read More →

Stefan Candea

co-founder, coordinator, European Investigative Collaborations

Currently I am the coordinator of the EIC network.My work started with covering organized crime across borders in România at the end of the 90’s. Mid 2015 I co-founded EIC as a network_by_agreement between media organisations and currently I coordinate the editorial and technological projects between @derspiegel @destandaard... Read More →

Daniel Drepper

Senior Reporter, Correctiv

Daniel Drepper is co-founder of and senior reporter at CORRECTIV. Until May 2014, Daniel was a Fellow at the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism and a Scholar at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia University in New York City. Between 2010 and 2013, Daniel... Read More →

Sanita Jemberga

Editor, Re:Baltica

Sanita is award-winning Latvian investigative journalist who has worked in the press and television since 1996. After the leading Latvian daily newspaper Diena was sold to local oligarchs in 2009, Sanita left and together with others from editorial team became one of the four founders... Read More →

Nicolas Kayser-Bril

Data-driven journalist, trainer & author.Interested in pandas, D3, scraping, climate and the history of cooking.

Lisbeth Kirk

Founder and editor-in-chief, EUobserver

Lisbeth Kirk is the founder and editor-in-chief of EUobserver, an independent online newspaper covering EU affairs. She commutes between Brussels and Copenhagen, where she is a frequent guest commentator on Danish radio. Lisbeth holds a degree in journalism from the Danish School of Media and Journalism... Read More →

Dumitru Lazur

Dumitru Lazur is the co-founder of the online platform LaEtaj.md (Moldova). LaEtaj.md counters the lack of transparency and accountability in the construction industry and state institutions by facilitating citizen engagement. LaEtaj.md uses open and paid databases and freedom of information act to make a crucial database on construction companies’ ac... Read More →

Nils Mulvad

Partner and CEO, Kaas & Mulvad

Nils Mulvad is currently a partner and CEO at Kaas & Mulvad, and focuses on FOI, data gathering and media development. Mulvad is also a co-founder of the Global Network for Investigative Journalism and other international networks such as Farmsubsidy.org. He was CEO for the Danish... Read More →

Andras Petho

Co-founder & Director, Direkt36

Andras Petho, Hungary, is co-founder and director of Direkt36, an investigative reporting center in Hungary. Petho spent several years at Origo, one of the largest news portals in Hungary, which he left in 2014 after coming under pressure for pursuing a politically sensitive story... Read More →

Gavin Sheridan

Co-founder, TheStory.ie

Gavin Sheridan er undersøkende journalist, innnsynsekspert og grunnlegger av Vizlegal. Han var tidligere innovasjonsdirektør i Storyful. I Storyful utviklet han teknikk og metoder for å verifisere brukergenerert innhold. Storyful har blant annet laget avanserte systemer for... Read More →

Friday May 8, 2015 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
1.19 Erasmushogeschool, 70 Zespenningenstraat, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Investigation & Entrepreneurial Journalism, Round Table

Audience particularly new initiatives or those considering new initiatives
Tags entrepreneurial journalism

09:30 CEST

Crowdfunding – new examples

Crowdfunding has been praised as a new revelation to fund independent, thorough journalism. Sometimes it works. Hear about recent projects: what worked, what did not work – and what went splendidly.

Speakers

Daniel Drepper

Senior Reporter, Correctiv

Andras Petho

Co-founder & Director, Direkt36

Katharine Round

Documentary maker

Saturday May 9, 2015 09:30 - 10:30 CEST
1.25 Erasmushogeschool, 70 Zespenningenstraat, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Investigation & Entrepreneurial Journalism, Presentation

Audience all
Subject corruption, inequality, political economy, public spending
Tags entrepreneurial journalism, crowdfunding

09:00 CEST

Using hypotheses: the core of the investigative method

In Story-Based Inquiry, an investigation begins with a hypothesis. This is an answer to the question “What do you think that happened?” In this session participants will learn to explore possible story angles, and to rephrase them as concrete events that can be verified. Knowing what you are looking for increases your chances of discovering it. A hypothesis also makes it easier to co-operate in a team and to “sell” an idea to editors or clients.

Speakers

Mark Lee Hunter

Co-founder, Story-Based Inquiry Associatezs

An award-winning investigative reporter, scholar, and author of the UNESCO-funded International manual “Story-based Inquiry - A Manual for Investigative Journalists”, Hunter is a founding member of GIJN, as well as The Stakeholder Media Project and the Future Media Management... Read More →

Luuk Sengers

Journalist & trainer, Story-Based Inquiry Associates / De Groene Amsterdammer

Luuk is an independent investigative journalist, lecturer, trainer and mentor. For the leading Dutch magazine De Groene Amsterdammer he writes about the effects of corporate power on our environment and climate, based on data-analysis. He also teaches research skills, data journalism and interview techniques to professionals and students and helps media and NGOs organise and carry out investigative projects. He... Read More →

Sunday May 10, 2015 09:00 - 10:25 CEST
1.22 Erasmushogeschool, 70 Zespenningenstraat, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Investigation & Entrepreneurial Journalism, Training

10:35 CEST

How to pitch a story

Entrepreneurial journalism is gaining ground and in-depth journalism often depends on alternative funding. With the example of Journalismfund.eu hear about how to pitch a story, how to communicate with a jury.

Speakers

Brigitte Alfter

Managing Editor, Journalismfund.eu

Co-founder and Managing Editor at Journalismfund.eu, a support structure for in-depth, innovative and independent journalism in Europe. Brigitte is a senior Danish-German journalist, she has won multiple awards and is proud that these awards were always granted to her and team members.Having... Read More →

Trine Smistrup

Deputy director, Arena for Journalism in Europe

Trine Smistrup is a co-founder of Arena for Journalism in Europe and functions as deputy director and deputy director of Dataharvest - the European Investigative Journalism Conference. She has worked with journalism and training for journalists in Denmark, the Nordic countries, and... Read More →

Sunday May 10, 2015 10:35 - 12:00 CEST
1.26 Erasmushogeschool, 70 Zespenningenstraat, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Investigation & Entrepreneurial Journalism, Workshop

Audience all
Tags entrepreneurial journalism

10:35 CEST

Mastering timelines: the royal road to a successful project

In Story-Based Inquiry, the hypothesis accounts for the principal event. But something must have happened first, to make that event possible. And after the event occurs, there will be further events and consequences. In this session participants will learn how to use their imaginations to construct a hypothetical chain of events (timeline), which can be used to guide investigators toward sources and documents with a high degree of accuracy.

Speakers

Mark Lee Hunter

Co-founder, Story-Based Inquiry Associatezs

Luuk Sengers

Journalist & trainer, Story-Based Inquiry Associates / De Groene Amsterdammer

Sunday May 10, 2015 10:35 - 12:00 CEST
1.22 Erasmushogeschool, 70 Zespenningenstraat, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Investigation & Entrepreneurial Journalism, Training