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The European Investigative Journalism and Dataharvest Conference organised by Journalismfund.eu, is the most relevant networking event for investigative and data journalists in Europe. Dataharvest EIJC17 will take place on Friday 19, Saturday 20 and Sunday morning 21 May 2017, with a pre-conference Hack Day on Thursday 18 May.
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Saturday, May 20 • 16:30 - 17:30
Messed up Facts - Henk & Paul

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Paul Myers and Henk van Ess together face one of their biggest professional challenges: they must answer questions of the audience with a terrible twist.
For each challenge, a "Wheel of Misfortune" will start, crippling their arsenal of research techniques to a minimum. Possible handicaps are that
they can't use Google at all or should be able to answer the question only with punctuation and numbers. Will they survive "Messed up facts"?
And do you have some questions for them? Send them to henkandpaul@journalismfund.eu
Moderators
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Eva Jung

Investigative Journalist, Berlingske
Eva Jung has been working as an investigative journalist since 2011 with daily Berlingske, Denmark. Since 2017 also based in Brussels as EU correspondent. Through 2017 and 2018 investigated the 200 bn euro money laundering scandal at Danske Bank. Jung and colleagues have been awarded... Read More →

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Henk van Ess

Investigative Team, Bellingcat UK
Henk van Ess is obsessed by finding news in data.  European media houses, like Axel Springer, Persgroep, the European Broadcasting Union and Schibsted love his literal and lateral thinking and hire Henk on a regular basis to spill his secrets. He rarely appears at public conferences... Read More →
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Paul Myers

Internet Research Specialist, BBC, UK
Paul has experience in the field of internet research and computing, dating back to 1978.He joined the BBC in 1995 as an information researcher. As the internet grew in significance, Paul was able to blend his technical knowledge with the realities of his work in journalism. As a... Read More →

Saturday May 20, 2017 16:30 - 17:30 CEST
Auditorium 1 Thomas More journalism school at the Campus De Ham, Raghenoplein 21, 2800 Mechelen & Campus De Vest, Zandpoortvest 60, 2800 Mechelen, BELGIUM
  Online research & security, presentation

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