European Investigative Journalism Conference in Brussels (Belgium)

On 21 and 22 November 2008, over 350 investigative journalists from all over the globe will be in Brussels for the first edition of the European Investigative Journalism Conference. Through panel discussions, hands-on training sessions and debates the participants will share their views on how to investigate the European Union, Commission, and Parliament as well as other powerhouses that shape the future of Europe and its inhabitants. The conference is organized by the VVOJ, the Dutch-Flemish Association of Investigative Journalists.

A team of three reported from this event for Orangelog.eu.

More information: www.vvoj.nl

The articles

  • Vox pops from Brussels

    Sunday 23. of November 2008

    What role will investigative journalism play in tomorrow's media landscape? Six participants of the European Investigative Journalism Conference share their views with Orangelog.

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  • “Coca-Cola came after me first, now I’m going after them”

    Tuesday 25. of November 2008

    Comic, author, presenter, activist, reporter: it’s hard to describe Mark Thomas in one word. The South London jack-of-all trades just published a new book, ‘Belching Out the Devil’, about Coca-Cola and its malpractices....

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  • “Our task is not to sell Europe, but to be as critical as possible”

    Thursday 27. of November 2008

    How to sell Europe? Dutch journalist Geert Mak was the first to admit that the topic of the roundtable discussion he was leading, was somehow strangely formulated. The objective was rather to show how journalists can make...

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  • “Investigative journalism is not only for older journalists”

    Thursday 27. of November 2008

    The European Investigative Journalism Conference was organised by the Dutch-Flemish Association of Investigative Journalists (VVOJ). They managed to gather more than three hundred investigative journalists from all over the globe...

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  • The Life of a European Mandarin

    Wednesday 03. of December 2008

    “Humour and the European Commission are never associated.” Dutch journalist and former EC bureaucrat Derk-Jan Eppink nevertheless gave it a shot in his book ‘The Life of a European Mandarin’ in which he offers an insider’s view...

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  • Wobbing your way to a scoop

    Sunday 07. of December 2008

    Wobbing: it may not sound very serious, yet is an important investigative tool that every modern-day journalist should master.

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  • Bribes, fascism and doping: FIFA’s and IOC’s dirty secrets

    Sunday 14. of December 2008

    “I’ve been banned by FIFA for the last five years, I was banned by the IOC for the past six years and I’m forbidden to interview Premier League officials. So I must be doing something right”, says British journalist Andrew...

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  • Meet the team

    Sunday 14. of December 2008

    The European Investigative Journalism Conference is running to an end when I meet Joachim Willems, a 3rd year student in public relations at the Erasmushogeschool, where the international conference takes place. He was part of...

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  • “If you take away our time, you take away our most important asset”

    Monday 23. of February 2009

    Wearing a leather jacket and jeans, Nick Davies didn’t quite fit in at the opening session of the European Investigative Journalism Conference in the posh Marriot hotel. So it was easy for him to get the attention of the...

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