EIJC17 & Dataharvest

We've seen interest organisations using journalistic methods. We've even seen interest organisations declaring their research to be journalism. But what about credibility, when information is provided by one party in a case? What about editorial independence? Some argue that future funding for in-depth journalism will come from interest organisations. in this sessoin you meet Stefan Verwer from Oxfam Novib an interest organisation that supports journalism and Ides Debruyne from Journalismfund.eu/Fonds Pascal Decroos which offers an arm's lenght model for channelling money to journalism while protecting editorial independence. But does it work? Margo Smit, the ombudslady of the Dutch public broadcaster will be the devils advocat.

52 good ideas for business models (as a minimum) – which one(s) will make a breakthrough to support investigative journalism in the future? At this panel you will meet several entrepreneurial journalism initiatives trying to make money with their journalism. Which one works in which context? Has there been a breakthrough seizable enough to replicate? Meet Apache.be , online only based upon investment and aiming to return this investment within a reasonable time. Meet Athens Life (tbc) one of the new digital first outlets, who offer longform, analytical and explanatory journalism. Meet Investigative Journalism, who have a mission of producing investigative journalism on complex European themes while testing business models. Meet Bristol Cable, who build a local collectively supported community medium. Meet hyperlocal journalism from Budapest (http://ittlakunk.hu/). And meet De Cooperatie.nl, a collective of freelancers paying someone to sell their work so they can focus on their journalism.