Brigitte Alfter

Court attacks and defunding NGOs: a growing pattern of silencing protest in Europe This week, Greenpeace had its first hearing in a Dutch court to use the EU’s new protections against these types of spurious lawsuits to shut down free speech – the first time this EU law will be put ...

Highly interesting test case in the Netherlands and of interest across Europe:
Can the new EU anti-SLAPP directive protect EU citizens against malvolent court action, the so-called strategic lawsuits against public participation?
euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

6 Tips for Launching an Investigative Podcast A Dataharvest session with podcast veterans from Poland and Portugal offered advice for journalists considering audio storytelling — from narrative tricks to business models.

"The podcast format is well suited to #InvestigativeJournalism, because there is room to delve deeply into complex stories with few limits on length."

@gijn.org distils a Dataharvest 2025 session on podcasts into 6 tips for getting started:

gijn.org/stories/6-ti...

Are you coming to Dataharvest for the first time? When you see these signs, you are in the right place! #dataharvest #EIJC25

JX Fund Seeks Managing Director The JX Fund supports exiled media from countries where independent reporting is no longer possible and helps to maintain a diversity of voices. Without exiled media, censorship, propaganda and disinfo...

Interesting and important #job #journalism #exile jx-fund.org/newsroom/new...

Want to #comment on #EU legislation BEFORE it is passed?
Follow the tracker to alert you when there is a public hearing in your field of interest:
notificationtracker.eu

By @corporateeurope.bsky.social

So happy and proud that Le Monde and the Groundwater investigation, co-initiated and coordinated by ARENA for Journalism in Europe, wins the Sigma data journalism award! Wonderful team at Arena and the partners: You rock!

🚨 Journalists in Western Balkans and Türkiye: The #EUAward2025 is open for applications!
Did your 2024 investigation make waves? Now’s the time to enter - submit your stories with national or regional impact.

💶 €10,000 per category
📅 Deadline: 16 June 2025
👉 Apply: bit.ly/4kHrV4L

✨The multi-award-winning Under the Surface investigation, co-ordinated by Arena, is now nominated for TWO 2025 Sigma Awards!

This crucial cross-border investigation, typical of Arena's projects, is based on data every EU member state reports on the condition of their groundwater. Thanks @gijn.org!

See you in Budapest in October for the Climate Arena Conference?

What makes a great Climate Arena session Our tips on how to craft a great session to pitch for the Climate Arena Conference…

⏱️ The deadline for proposals for the Climate Arena Conference is coming up! 5th May, 11:59pm CET

📝 Find out what we are looking for, and how to submit a proposal HERE: pretalx.com/climate-aren...

Plus, here's our guide to what makes a great session: climatearena.eu/what-makes-a...

See you in Budapest in October?
Climate Arena Conference call for proposals out now!
Dataharvest style conference for journalists covering or wishing to cover climate and environment: Climate Arena Conference has opened its call for proposals for 2025.
pretalx.com/climate-aren...

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Have you ever published an article or a book? Check out whether it's been used to train Meta's AI via The Atlantic's search page
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Based on a leaked dataset, The Atlantic looks into Meta's training of its AI
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

SPD, keine Koalition ohne Informationsfreiheit! Die Union plant, das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz auszuhebeln. Fordere die SPD auf, keine Koalition ohne Transparenz einzugehen. Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️​

German journalism organisations and others call for signatures: In the ongoing negotiations to shape a new government in Germany, one point on the agenda is to abolish people's right to information about public proceedings weact.campact.de/petitions/sp...

Let's meet and reflect and discuss our journalism in Europe! New series of practice oriented papers launched by @journalismarena.eu today with contributions from
@hazelsheffield.bsky.social @alessia81.bsky.social
More papers are lined up - stay tuned.

REFLEKT Cross-Border Investigation Grant REFLEKT ist das erste unabhängige und gemeinnützige Recherche-Team der Schweiz. Um Missstände aufzudecken und Transparenz zu fördern, konzentrieren wir uns auf mehrmonatige, investigative Recherche-Pr...

New Swiss work grant for cross-border collaborative journalism by @reflektch.bsky.social

reflekt.ch/crossborder/

Big Techs AI-stjernestund er ved at udvikle sig til et mareridt: En kinesisk startup er årsagen | Radar Deepseek AI er ikke kun en udfordring på teknologisiden for Big Tech. Den kinesiske AI-chatbots kan snigløbe størstedelen af USA's komparative AI-fordele i forhold til Kina. Er USA's guldalder inden f...

Deepseek AI er ikke kun en udfordring på teknologisiden for Big Tech. Den kinesiske chatbots kan snigløbe størstedelen af USA's komparative AI-fordele i forhold til Kina. Er USA's AI-guldalder aflyst?

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radar.dk/artikel/big-...

What are we talking about when we say the “ethics” of AI and journalism? There are three broad paths in ethics. Image by pfly CC BY-SA 2.0 Many people — including me — are quite uncomfortable with generative AI. Most of this discomfort can be traced to the various ethic…

Are your anti/pro-AI arguments about duties, virtues or consequences?
onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/01/24/w...

EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.

EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky

"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

📢 The #Dataharvest 2025 Call for Proposals is closed!

A big thank you to everyone in the community who sent in their ideas.

We received over 200 proposals to help shape #EIJC25! 🤯

Missed the deadline? No problem—a smaller second call will open in April! Stay tuned 👀

Tickets: t.ly/gXgAF

#foreverlobby #foreverpollution #pfas

#foreverlobby #foreverpollution

The investigation involved 29 media partners and received financial support from the Pulitzer Center, the Broad Reach Foundation, Journalismfund Europe, and IJ4EU

Discover the full story 👉 https://buff.ly/3Z6DNCq

#ForeverPollution #ForeverLobbying

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This investigation features a unique collaboration between journalists and scientists. Using an “expert-reviewed journalism” approach, 46 journalists worked with 18 academics and legal experts to analyze over 14,000 documents.
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Cleaning up Europe’s contamination could cost €2 trillion over the next 20 years. What are the lobbyists’ tactics, and who pays for PFAS pollution?
This cross-border investigation dives into the mechanisms lobbyists use to weaken a proposed ban, aiming to shift pollution costs onto society.

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The new investigation #ForeverLobbying Project reveals how the #PFAS industry fights to block an EU ban on “forever chemicals.”

These toxic substances, linked to cancer and infertility, contaminate the environment indefinitely.

Read more: https://buff.ly/3Z6DNCq

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#foreverlobby #foreverpollution #pfas foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/

#foreverlobby #foreverpollution #pfas foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/

#foreverlobby #foreverpollution #pfas foreverpollution.eu

#foreverlobby #foreverpollution #pfas foreverpollution.eu