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.
Get your hands on the EU databases on lobbyism in the EU. The European Commission provides a transparency register https://ec.europa.eu/info/about-european-union/principles-and-values/transparency/transparency-register_en, the NGO Transparency International provides the Integrity Watch database http://www.integritywatch.eu/, and Brussels lobbywatcher NGOs offer the https://lobbyfacts.eu/ based upon the EUs own data. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SPEAKERS ALSO WILL PROVIDE MORE GENERAL INFO ABOUT THE DATA BEFORE THIS WORKSHOP.