Join us in the Media Cafe to learn about and get inspired by several organisations that, in different ways, help our profession move forward.
The Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative (CIJI)Are you a journalist, investigator, or media professional seeking opportunities to network, collaborate, and learn new methods or tools? The Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative (CIJI) aims to equip independent media outlets and individual journalists with resources, innovative networking infrastructure, and standards-based methods that enable them to practice high-quality, and ethical, and accountable collaborative and investigative journalism. It is carried out in partnership with Tactical Tech (TT), Free Press Unlimited (FPU), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Fundacja Reporterow (FR), OBC Transeuropa (OBCT), and Delfi and aims to provide enabling environments for individual journalists and independent news media outlets to excel, and for start-ups to emerge and succeed.
Global Centre for Investigative JournalismThe Global Investigative Journalism Network is an international association of nonprofit journalism organizations. From its founding in 2003, GIJN has grown to include 250 member groups in 91 countries. Today, with a staff based in over 20 countries, GIJN works in a dozen languages to link together the world's most enterprising journalists, giving them the tools, technology, and training to go after abuses of power and lack of accountability.
IJ4EUThe
Investigative Journalism for Europe fund supports cross-border investigations of public interest in Europe. In 2024/25, IJ4EU will disburse €2 million in grant funding to watchdog journalism, along with practical, editorial and legal support. The fund is managed by a consortium of non-profit organisations led by the
International Press Institute and comprising the
European Journalism Centre, the
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and
Arena for Journalism in Europe.
Arena Climate and Collaborative DeskArena Climate Network : The Arena Climate Network is an open-access network by and for journalists. It is for journalists who want to focus on all aspects of the climate crisis and who want to do in-depth, investigative work. If you report on the climate issues, you can join our Signal group or find out more about our conference Climate Arena which will take place in 18-19 October in Bologna.
Collaborative Desk: Cross-border teams face particular challenges: The team works in different countries, editorial offices, organisations or on a freelance basis. Well-organized coordination is, therefore, the key to a successful cross-border collaboration. The Collaborative Desk offers a secure digital workspace and specialised support tailored to the needs of your cross-border team. If you need support for your project meet us at the Journalism Fair or contact us at
collaborative-desk@journalismarena.eu.
Netzwerk RechercheNetzwerk Recherche is the German association for investigative journalists. We do not only want to make journalism better by training journalists in investigative methods and other skills needed for excellent journalism. We also deeply care about the health and safety of journalists. That's why we started the Helpline in 2023 - the first free-to-all peer support hotline for journalists suffering from psychosocial problems, which we are going to present at Dataharvest.