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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 • 10:45 - 11:45
Investigate Europe - the making of a European team

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It has been repeated for decades: The EU is covered mainly with strong national bias. This does not help the citizens. Two years ago a small group of journalists were so annoyed, they decided to do something about it. Within two years they set up Investigate Europe, a nine-journalists from eight countries team. The task: Cover complex European topics. Like any other start-up they sacrfiice oceans of time and some also have lowered their previous salary expectations. Recently they published their second large research, a third is on the way www.investigate-europe.eu
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Nikolas Leontopoulos

Journalist, Reporters United
Nikolas Leontopoulos is a Greek journalist based in Athens. He is the co-founder of Reporters United, a new centre for investigative journalism and a network of reporters in Greece. Nikolas worked for ten years for the Athens daily Eleftherotypia. He collaborated in investigations with Reuters on banks, shipping and the media in Greece, and reported for the “Outlaw Ocean” New... Read More →
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Paulo Pena

Reporter at large, Público
I'm a Lisbon based investigative reporter, born in 1973. I work in Público, covering mostly political and economical issues. Since 2016 I'm also a member of the Investigate Europe team.
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Harald Schumann

Journalist, Investigate Europe
Journalist since 1983 with- „tageszeitung“ (2 years),- „Der Spiegel“ (18 years) -- "Tagesspiegel" (since 2004) and Investigate Europe (since 2016)My main interest is to help to overcome the narrow minded national perspective in reporting about European affairs and issues... Read More →
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Elisa Simantke

Editorial Director, Investigate Europe
Elisa Simantke is the Editorial Director of "Investigate Europe" - an investigative cross-border team with members from all over Europe. IE publishes investigative reports with media partners in up to 18 countries europe-wide. The team is mainly funded through several European foundations... Read More →

Saturday May 20, 2017 10:45 - 11:45 CEST
C2.01 Thomas More journalism school at the Campus De Ham, Raghenoplein 21, 2800 Mechelen & Campus De Vest, Zandpoortvest 60, 2800 Mechelen, BELGIUM
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