Dataharvest 2014

Programmers and experienced farmsubsidy journalists share the new data about beneficiaries - bring your story ideas, questions and knowledge about your country or field of interest

Starting with an investigation sponsored by the JournalismFund, IRPI has investigated the production and selling of counterfeited olive oil in Italy, Spain, Germany, the UK and France. This panel will explain key findings and investigative techniques for investigating the food industry.

The horse meat scandal has been a wake up call for Europe. What about our meat? What about our other food? Is it still safe enough what we put in our mouth? Before horse gate knocked journalists, politicians and consumers awake, Marcel van Silfhout and Jörg Zipprick – both investigative and culinary journalists – were already moved by worrisome questions on the issue of Food Safety. Both have published books about food scandals in Germany and The Netherlands. They applied for support from Journalismfund.eu to dig deeper in a very special investigative mission they focused on since December last year. They hope to be ready with their breaking story at the Data Harvest. If not, they will give at least preview on their findings that will surely get much attention in Europe soon.

Authorities in several EU-countries try to silence the stories on one of the great dangers in health - the spread of resistant bacteria from household animals to humans. Follow the fight for getting the data on veterinary medicine use, the spread of the bacteria to pig farms and humans, Investigative Reporting Denmark also uncovered the spread of MRSA to mink. Get access to the central EU-sources and share strategies country by country. Contribute to a network of journos working on this subject.

Programmers and experienced farmsubsidy journalists share the new data about beneficiaries - bring your story ideas, questions and knowledge about your country or field of interest

Doctors are deeply concerned about the growing cases of multiresistant bacteria, where patients can not be cured. If this continues, we move towards a situation like before the invention of antibiotics, when pneumonia and other infections could not be cured. Journalists interested in working on MRSA can gather and look for partners.