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Managing director/co-founder Journalismfund Europe - Chair/founder at SciMingo - Board member Bonk vzw (Flath Earth Society Orchestra) www.journalismfund.eu - https://scimingo.eu/en - https://flatearthsocietyorchestra.com/EN

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Bezuinigen op onderzoeksjournalistiek = bezuinigen op democratie | Fonds Pascal Decroos voor Bijzondere Journalistiek BRUSSEL - De Vlaamse regering kondigde vandaag aan dat Journalismfund Europe 100.000 euro moet inleveren op een totaalbudget van 516.000 euro voor haar Fonds Pascal Decroos project. Bij monde van de m...

Bezuinigen op onderzoeksjournalistiek - bezuinigen op democratie

www.fondspascaldecroos.org/nl/news/bezu...

22.09.2025 17:59 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Klacht van premier De Wever wegens boze mail over Gaza en Israël is losse flodder én autoritair schot voor de boeg Dirk Voorhoof is emeritus professor mediarecht, verbonden aan het Human Rights Centre van de UGent. Hij verbaast zich over de strafklacht van de premier na een tot hem gerichte kritische mail.

Dirk Voorhoof: "Klacht van premier De Wever wegens boze mail over Gaza en Israël is losse flodder én autoritair schot voor de boeg" - www.demorgen.be/meningen/kla...

15.09.2025 08:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🇸🇾 After Assad’s fall, it emerged that at least 3,700 #children were #missing in #Syria — arrested with parents or born in jail. Their fate is unknown: mass graves, illegal adoptions, conscription, or orphanages. Read the investigation 👉 t.ly/wluuY
#plupro #ecb

08.09.2025 13:00 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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A cross-border investigation reveals how political narratives of dangerous wolves are overriding science, driving EU conservation rollbacks and risking decades of biodiversity progress: t.ly/CTHXC
@annick-hus.bsky.social
#WolfConservation #Biodiversity #WildlifeProtection #EUpolitics #c

09.09.2025 15:14 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 It's been "Debunked?"
📰 Check out the revived 1930s Czech military bunkers! Historian Pavel Paleček has turned the 10-Z shelter in Brno into a museum, cultural hub, and cozy stay with nostalgic breakfasts.
👉 Click here ➡️ www.journalismfund.eu/debunked
#SoJo #Solutions #Journalism #Investigative

10.09.2025 09:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 Regenerating the Soil: Climate-Resilient Farming 🌱
Discover how regenerative agriculture is transforming farming by enhancing soil health, boosting biodiversity, and strengthening rural communities.
👉 Learn more: www.journalismfund.eu/regenerating...
#SoJo #Solutions #Journalism #Investigative

10.09.2025 14:01 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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In Mydlovary, Czech Republic, a Soviet-era nuclear site has become Europe’s “biggest hole” for millions of tons of tyres, shoes, hazardous materials and other types of waste. More about this investigation: t.ly/hlb5I @zuzanavlasata.bsky.social @correctiv.org @denikreferendum.cz #earthinvestigations

11.09.2025 12:40 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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Journalists embarked on a journey along the Tisza River to investigate the sources of pollution in one of Central and Eastern Europe's major waterways.

Numerous issues hinder the river's cleanup.

👉Read more: t.ly/1-znh

#investigation #crossborder #collaboration #environment

11.09.2025 15:01 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Under Pressure: Suicides Among Farmers in Austria and Germany | Journalismfund Europe CARINTHIA/HESSEN – Farmers in Europe are at significantly greater risk of suicide than the general population. However, as this investigation reveals, reliable data remains scarce.

Congratulations to our grantees Johanna Tirnthal and Diana Köhler who received the Papageno Media Prize 2025 for their radio piece, part of the cross-border investigation on farmers' suicides. You can read more about this project here: www.journalismfund.eu/suicides-far...

12.09.2025 15:36 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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✨ It has been a very busy summer here in Brussels. By 1 September, in the eight months of this year, Journalismfund has received more applications than for the total 12 months of 2024. Curious to see the numbers? See here: www.journalismfund.eu/news/1115-gr...

01.09.2025 15:10 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Waterstof: groene belofte of list van de fossiele industrie? Hét toverwoord om de klimaatcrisis te bezweren: waterstof. In Nederland en Europa wordt er volop in geïnvesteerd: miljarden aan subsidies, nieuwe fabrieken en stapels onderzoek. Maar dan klinkt er in ...

LUISTER | Hét toverwoord om de klimaatcrisis te bezweren: waterstof. Maar dit is niet zo duurzaam als hij lijkt. Shell schreef een plan om de kritiek te kunnen counteren. Argos vond hun document en geeft een uniek inkijkje in de lobbystrategie van de fossiele industrie. argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/gr...

14.09.2025 07:56 — 👍 15    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 0
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Exploiting Journalists Destroys Credibility | Journalismfund Europe BRUSSELS - How can media outlets denounce modern slavery and exploitation at corporations and governments whilst expecting their own freelance journalists to work for free? This hypocrisy doesn't just...

Investigative grants enable stories that would not be possible otherwise. But they are only meant to fund months of research, not the full cost of writing and publishing.

Read the full statement by @idesdebruyne.bsky.social, Managing Director of Journalismfund Europe: t.ly/TBps7

25.08.2025 15:45 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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The Blogs: Let us in: The world needs uncensored reporting from Gaza now Keeping foreign media out of the Strip violates the public’s right to know and weakens journalism’s core role: to hold power accountable

Let us in: The world needs uncensored reporting from Gaza now blogs.timesofisrael.com/let-us-in-th...

12.08.2025 11:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Sterke publieke omroepen, sterke democratie Sterke publieke omroepen zoals de VRT en nieuwe Europese regels zoals de EMFA zijn cruciaal om democratie en transparantie te beschermen.

Sterke publieke omroepen zoals de VRT en nieuwe Europese regels zoals de EMFA zijn cruciaal om democratie en transparantie te beschermen. (www.sampol.be/2025/08/ster...)

12.08.2025 09:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A new investigation reveals rampant illegal fishing of juvenile European hake in Italy and Spain. Despite EU rules, undersized fish, some 7-8 cm, are openly sold. How to keep a fragile balance between conservation and coastal livelihoods? t.ly/3lrLx @elconfidencial.bsky.social #earthinvestigations

24.06.2025 10:10 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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👀 Russia tried to influence Moldova's political decisions by funding its operations in an attempt to prevent it from joining the EU. When EU cut off direct channels,Moscow used other routes, via Uzbekistan, to continue funding operations aimed at influencing the EU. Read more👉 bit.ly/440QtjE #plupro

25.06.2025 09:24 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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I fondi per costruire competenze nelle redazioni 
 - Ordine dei Giornalisti Favorire nuovi modelli di business, rafforzare le competenze gestionali, dare sostenibilità sul lungo periodo. Sono le finalità di alcune fondazioni che non finanziano singole inchieste ma le competen...

💸 Capacity building support for newsrooms and investigative outlets is the best way to ​​encourage new business models, strengthen management skills, and give media long-term sustainability, writes Marta Frigerio of Radar Magazine in her piece for the Order of Journalists of Lombardy. t.ly/jjyfK

27.06.2025 12:32 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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In Chiatura, Georgia 🇬🇪, citizens and mineworkers like Giorgi Kapanadze are fighting against a regime-backed managese mine, causing an environmental disaster. Read our - with Olivia Acland & Stefano Vergine - article for L’Espresso with the support of @journalismfund.bsky.social.

29.06.2025 09:39 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Communities in Georgia living near a controversial regime-backed manganese mine –supplying the EU's ever-growing demand for critical mineralls– face landslides, water pollution, and report labor rights abuses. Read more in the recent article on L'Espresso + find all the info here: t.ly/7LBoT

30.06.2025 08:23 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Europees onderzoek: burgers rond boerderijen in aanraking met meer dan 100 pesticiden Veel Europeanen hebben een cocktail aan bestrijdingsmiddelen in hun lichaam. Dat bevestigt onderzoek onder ruim zeshonderd inwoners in tien Europese landen, waaronder Nederland. De blootstelling is pe...

Lees dit artikel op de Volkskrant www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/e...

27.06.2025 09:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The European Hake: Mediterranean’s Most Overfished Species | Journalismfund Europe ROME/MADRID – This cross-border investigation set out to uncover the reasons behind the overfishing of European hake. The journalists gathered compelling evidence of widespread illegality in the proce...

ROME/MADRID – This cross-border investigation set out to uncover the reasons behind the overfishing of European hake. The journalists gathered compelling evidence of widespread illegality in the process.
www.journalismfund.eu/the-european...

24.06.2025 07:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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❗New cross-border investigation by @tansyhoskins.org and Arun Karki reveals: Fast fashion is swamping Nepal and causing excessive landfill and river pollution while the country has no legislation governing the chemical content of textile imports. Read more: bit.ly/3ZuDpAk #earthinvestigations

13.06.2025 11:41 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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On #WorldRefugeeDay, this new investigation draws attention to the lack of a unified protocol for identifying victims of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean. This leads to inconsistent procedures, long waits for families and many unidentified bodies.
Read the stories of families👉 bit.ly/4eaCQlf #plupro

20.06.2025 08:18 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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New investigation: How are law enforcement officials responding to pro-Palestinian solidarity protests in Europe?

This cross-border study reveals stark contrasts in how the right to freedom of expression is upheld across the EU.

Read more:
www.journalismfund.eu/supported-pr...

#CBL #Plupro

20.06.2025 14:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Brazilian firm behind SAF plan found growing oil palm on deforested Amazon land Discovery of illegal palm crops comes as Grupo BBF grapples with financial problems sparked by warnings over its human rights record

Brazil’s “first SAF project” is tied to deforested lands in the Amazon. Our new investigation, made in collaboration with @InfoAmazonia, reveals that Grupo BBF is growing palm oil on land embargoed for illegal forest clearing. @journalismfund.bsky.social #earthinvestigations

20.06.2025 18:01 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Europe’s SAF rules require suppliers to prove their oil is sustainably sourced. But there are blindspots in the verification process and in Malaysia’s case, an incentive for fraud. #earthinvestigations @journalismfund.bsky.social buff.ly/E2ml0FB

23.06.2025 05:30 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Misión merluza: una ruta por 12 puertos españoles en busca del pescado más sobreexplotado del Mediterráneo El Confidencial acompaña durante varias semanas a activistas que investigan la situación de este pez en el Mediterráneo Occidental. Pese a no ser el animal favorito de la flota pesquera, se ha convertido en la especie clave para el futuro del sector.

Hoy vamos con un repor con mucho curro detrás. Hace unas semanas estuve de viaje con gente de @oceana.bsky.social por puertos de España e Italia. Querían ver la situación de la merluza en el Mediterráneo, pues es el pescado más sobreexplotado de este mar. Lo contamos en este especial. Sigue

23.06.2025 09:39 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Is the world’s big idea for greener air travel a flight of fancy? Suspicions of fraud, ‘ridiculous’ data and a dearth of supplies - our investigation exposes the flaws in the airline industry’s big green hope: sustainable aviation fuel Our investigation exposes the ...

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/06/18/i...

21.06.2025 06:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Is the world’s big idea for greener air travel a flight of fancy? Suspicions of fraud, ‘ridiculous’ data and a dearth of supplies - our investigation exposes the flaws in the airline industry’s big green hope: sustainable aviation fuel Our investigation exposes the ...

Is the world’s big idea for greener air travel a flight of fancy?

"Suspicions of fraud, ‘ridiculous’ data and a dearth of supplies – our investigation exposes the flaws in the airline industry’s big green hope: sustainable aviation fuel."

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/06/18/i...

19.06.2025 05:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ecological crisis in Iraq’s UNESCO wetlands: oil extraction is draining water, destroying ecosystems, and displacing communities. A new investigation reveals how international oil companies are accelerating this disaster. www.journalismfund.eu/ecological-d... @irpimedia.eu #earthinvestigations

05.06.2025 12:28 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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