MARCH, 31 | 13:00 – 18:30
12:30 – 13:00 Registration
Conference Hall
13:00 – 13:20
Opening Ceremony
Speaker
Lutz Kinkel – Managing Director, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Jörg Wojahn – Head of Representation, European Commission
Scott Griffen – Deputy Director, International Press Institute
Lars Boering – Director, European Journalism Centre
13:20 – 13:45
Keynote Speech
In her keynote address, Ukrainian journalist Anna Babinets will talk about the resilience of investigative journalists, especially under extreme conditions like those she and her team have faced following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. She will also draw on her experience of transitioning from investigating crime and corruption to reporting on war.
Speaker
13:50 – 14:40
Looking East: Investigating the EU’s “Near Abroad”
Long before Russia invaded Ukraine, investigative journalists had countries on the EU’s eastern flank in their sights. IJ4EU grantees discuss cross-border projects linked to Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, along with their experiences since the start of war in Ukraine.
Moderator
Timothy Large, IJ4EU Programme Manager, International Press Institute
Speaker
Roman Dobrokhotov, Editor-in-Chief, The Insider
Sanita Jemberga, Executive Director, The Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism (Re:Baltica)
14:40 – 15:10 Coffee Break
15:10 – 16:00
Countering SLAPPs: How to Protect Journalists?
This panel will discuss the use of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) to target and restrict journalists and media workers across Europe, reflecting on the latest developments in the legislative process to protect media freedom.
Moderator
Charlie Holt, Legal Counsel Campaigns, Greenpeace International
Speaker
Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia, ARTICLE 19
Flutura Kusari, Senior Legal Advisor, ECPMF
Pia Lindholm, Deputy Head of Unit for Civil Justice, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers of the European Commission
Saranda Ramaj, Investigative journalist, Koha Ditore
16:10 – 17:00
New Donor Strategies: How to Fund Your Investigation?
The world is changing and so are the ways of funding cross-border investigative cross-border investigative journalism. This panel discusses new trends and challenges in supporting journalism, including the use of both public and philanthropic money.
Moderator
Lutz Kinkel, Managing Director, ECPMF
Speaker
Ebru Akgün
Ekaterina Mandova, Programme Officer, Civitates
Nikolaus von Peter, Political Advisor to the EU Commission Representation in Germany
IJ4EU Impact Award Ceremony
17:00 – 18:30
Attending jury members:
Attila Mong, Freelance journalist and Europe representative, Committee to Protect Journalists
Julia Vernersson, Managing Director,Hostwriter/Unbias the news
Can Dündar, Founder, #Özgürüz
Not-attending jury members:
Boryana Dzhambazova, Freelance journalist
Press Room – Side Event
13:50 – 14:40
IJ4EU Showcase: Into the Shadows
From dark corners of the web to unlawful mass surveillance, IJ4EU grantees discuss cross-border crime.
Moderator
Zlatina Siderova, IJ4EU Project Manager, European Journalism Centre
Speaker
Jelena Prtoric, Croatian freelance journalist
Giacomo Zandonini, Swiss-Italian journalist
Stefano Vergine, Italian investigative journalist
15:10 – 16:00
IJ4EU Showcase: Chasing Environmental Issues
Environmental issues do not stop at national frontiers: IJ4EU grantees showcase their cross-border investigations.
Moderator
Gürkan Özturan, Media Freedom Rapid Response Project Coordinator, ECMPF
Speaker
Ludovica Jona Lasinio, Freelance investigative journalist
Stefano Valentino, Freelance entrepreneurial journalist
Rudi Bressa, Freelance environmental journalist
16:10 – 17:10
Fact-Checking in Times of Conflict – Tactics for the Newsroom and Beyond
This one-hour workshop will feature a presentation of the verification toolkit WeVerify, an overview of journalist-led news-literacy project Lie Detectors and discussion of fact-checking needs outside traditional media. Jochen Spangenberg will show how WeVerify’s toolkit can be used for the analysis and verification of digital content. This will be followed by a brief presentation of Lie Detectors’ work, in which journalists teach fact-checking skills to children and teachers. Finally a modern question will be addressed: At a time when facts, opinions and fakes are increasingly hard to tell apart, should fact-checking be a skill for journalists only? What role can and must journalists play outside the newsroom? What opportunities are there for journalists to become active defenders of journalistic truth-seeking? And how can this help in the newsroom?
Moderator
Nico Schmidt, Journalist, Investigate Europe
Speaker
Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck, Founder, Lie Detectors
Jochen Spangenberg, Deputy Head of Research and Cooperation Projects, Deutsche Welle
