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🔎 Attention investigative journalists! Do you have a strong hypothesis on a critical environmental issue, aim to collaborate across borders, and require financial or mentorship support? Apply for a grant with Journalismfund Europe until 22 January 2026! t.ly/hrpEu
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🔎 Attention investigative journalists! Do you have a strong hypothesis on a critical environmental issue, aim to collaborate across borders, and require financial or mentorship support? Apply for a grant with Journalismfund Europe until 22 January 2026! t.ly/hrpEu
🌊 This Friday, on the Day of the Mediterranean, join Journalismfund grantees and AMWAJ at the next #Tabadul session! The team of journalists will talk about their joint investigation “The Impact of Sea Snot in the Marmara Sea, Greek and Italian Coasts”.
📅 28/11, 10:00–11:00 CET
t.ly/e8Gei
📅 28/11, 10:00–11:00 CET
t.ly/e8Gei
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🌊 This Friday, on the Day of the Mediterranean, join Journalismfund grantees and AMWAJ at the next #Tabadul session! The team of journalists will talk about their joint investigation “The Impact of Sea Snot in the Marmara Sea, Greek and Italian Coasts”.
📅 28/11, 10:00–11:00 CET
t.ly/e8Gei
📅 28/11, 10:00–11:00 CET
t.ly/e8Gei
⛈️ Italy and Greece, hit hard by recent floods, are shifting disaster recovery responsibility onto private insurance.
💢This investigation points to the disadvantages of relying on private markets for extreme weather relief with rising costs.
Read more below: t.ly/kp9kv
#Investigation #Plupro
💢This investigation points to the disadvantages of relying on private markets for extreme weather relief with rising costs.
Read more below: t.ly/kp9kv
#Investigation #Plupro
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
⛈️ Italy and Greece, hit hard by recent floods, are shifting disaster recovery responsibility onto private insurance.
💢This investigation points to the disadvantages of relying on private markets for extreme weather relief with rising costs.
Read more below: t.ly/kp9kv
#Investigation #Plupro
💢This investigation points to the disadvantages of relying on private markets for extreme weather relief with rising costs.
Read more below: t.ly/kp9kv
#Investigation #Plupro
🍷This investigation dives deep into the world of #wine #competitions.
With the rise of global competitions and alarming fraud cases, journalists spoke to industry insiders to uncover how these competitions operate, often lacking the oversight you might expect.
Read more 👉 t.ly/M4zuU #plupro
With the rise of global competitions and alarming fraud cases, journalists spoke to industry insiders to uncover how these competitions operate, often lacking the oversight you might expect.
Read more 👉 t.ly/M4zuU #plupro
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🍷This investigation dives deep into the world of #wine #competitions.
With the rise of global competitions and alarming fraud cases, journalists spoke to industry insiders to uncover how these competitions operate, often lacking the oversight you might expect.
Read more 👉 t.ly/M4zuU #plupro
With the rise of global competitions and alarming fraud cases, journalists spoke to industry insiders to uncover how these competitions operate, often lacking the oversight you might expect.
Read more 👉 t.ly/M4zuU #plupro
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🇪🇺📥 A sneak peek inside this week’s Europe Uncovered: a system trapping mothers fleeing abuse; wrongful arrests; sanction loopholes; and a migration crackdown that punishes ordinary citizens
👉 Here’s Europe’s hardest-hitting investigations of the week: www.ftm.eu/articles/new...
👉 Here’s Europe’s hardest-hitting investigations of the week: www.ftm.eu/articles/new...
Newsletter | Trapped mothers, warped justice & Europe’s quiet complicity
Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism
www.ftm.eu
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🇪🇺📥 A sneak peek inside this week’s Europe Uncovered: a system trapping mothers fleeing abuse; wrongful arrests; sanction loopholes; and a migration crackdown that punishes ordinary citizens
👉 Here’s Europe’s hardest-hitting investigations of the week: www.ftm.eu/articles/new...
👉 Here’s Europe’s hardest-hitting investigations of the week: www.ftm.eu/articles/new...
Does your NGO want to contribute to a more resilient environmental journalism ecosystem? We can support you: apply for a grant to finance training and fellowship programmes aimed at strengthening environmental investigative reporting in Europe. t.ly/NjkFz
Next deadline: 22 January 2026, 13:00 CET.
Next deadline: 22 January 2026, 13:00 CET.
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Does your NGO want to contribute to a more resilient environmental journalism ecosystem? We can support you: apply for a grant to finance training and fellowship programmes aimed at strengthening environmental investigative reporting in Europe. t.ly/NjkFz
Next deadline: 22 January 2026, 13:00 CET.
Next deadline: 22 January 2026, 13:00 CET.
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Out on @worldcrunch.com the English version of the piece I co-authored with Marina Sardiña on the growing surrogacy market in Colombia for @lamarea.com. Supported by @journalismfund.bsky.social.
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Poor Women, Faux Altruism: Inside Colombia’s Booming Surrogacy Trade
With no clear law in place, Colombia’s surrogacy network expands through loopholes, intermediaries and vulnerable women. An exclusive investigative report by La Marea.
worldcrunch.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Out on @worldcrunch.com the English version of the piece I co-authored with Marina Sardiña on the growing surrogacy market in Colombia for @lamarea.com. Supported by @journalismfund.bsky.social.
worldcrunch.com/women-worldw...
worldcrunch.com/women-worldw...
#investigation: Driven out of the Danube Delta by corruption and difficulty obtaining legal permits, fishermen sought a fair shot on Italy’s Po River - only to meet the same failures. Now fish once legally taken in Romania are being poached in Italy and then resold in Romania. t.ly/pAan4
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#investigation: Driven out of the Danube Delta by corruption and difficulty obtaining legal permits, fishermen sought a fair shot on Italy’s Po River - only to meet the same failures. Now fish once legally taken in Romania are being poached in Italy and then resold in Romania. t.ly/pAan4
👉✉️Check out our latest #newsletter
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#investigativejournalism #crossborder #investigative #transparent #journalism #grants #journalists #news
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November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
👉✉️Check out our latest #newsletter
✉️Read it here: bit.ly/4o7bks8
📩Subscribe if you like it: bit.ly/3rQ79Xf
#investigativejournalism #crossborder #investigative #transparent #journalism #grants #journalists #news
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🌆 Istanbul and Athens are densely populated cities sitting on seismic fault lines. Yet, their disaster preparedness lags behind.
This investigation zooms in on residential buildings and governmental negligence in seismic compliance.
Read more: t.ly/eivgO
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
This investigation zooms in on residential buildings and governmental negligence in seismic compliance.
Read more: t.ly/eivgO
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🌆 Istanbul and Athens are densely populated cities sitting on seismic fault lines. Yet, their disaster preparedness lags behind.
This investigation zooms in on residential buildings and governmental negligence in seismic compliance.
Read more: t.ly/eivgO
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
This investigation zooms in on residential buildings and governmental negligence in seismic compliance.
Read more: t.ly/eivgO
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro
New cross-border investigation: illegal waste disposal and burning in North Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria form part of a wider cross-border criminal economy: t.ly/pCQp5
#earthinvestigations #balkans #pollution #illegalwaste #organisedcrime
#earthinvestigations #balkans #pollution #illegalwaste #organisedcrime
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
New cross-border investigation: illegal waste disposal and burning in North Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria form part of a wider cross-border criminal economy: t.ly/pCQp5
#earthinvestigations #balkans #pollution #illegalwaste #organisedcrime
#earthinvestigations #balkans #pollution #illegalwaste #organisedcrime
⚖️💔 A new investigation shows how the #Hague #Convention on International Child Abduction is often used against mothers fleeing #domesticabuse, forcing them to return children to violent environments — despite the treaty’s own “grave risk” safeguard.
Find out more 👉 t.ly/G-KxL
#plupro #ecb
Find out more 👉 t.ly/G-KxL
#plupro #ecb
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚖️💔 A new investigation shows how the #Hague #Convention on International Child Abduction is often used against mothers fleeing #domesticabuse, forcing them to return children to violent environments — despite the treaty’s own “grave risk” safeguard.
Find out more 👉 t.ly/G-KxL
#plupro #ecb
Find out more 👉 t.ly/G-KxL
#plupro #ecb
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Wird so Müll, der in Deutschland offiziell als "verwertet" gilt, tatsächlich illegal im Nachbarland entsorgt?
Die Recherche ist Teil unseres #DemolitionAtlasEurope, unterstützt durch @journalismfund.bsky.social
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Die Recherche ist Teil unseres #DemolitionAtlasEurope, unterstützt durch @journalismfund.bsky.social
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November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Wird so Müll, der in Deutschland offiziell als "verwertet" gilt, tatsächlich illegal im Nachbarland entsorgt?
Die Recherche ist Teil unseres #DemolitionAtlasEurope, unterstützt durch @journalismfund.bsky.social
3/3
Die Recherche ist Teil unseres #DemolitionAtlasEurope, unterstützt durch @journalismfund.bsky.social
3/3
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Es geht vor allem um Gipsabfälle. Das ist besonders paradox. Denn Gips kann eigentlich unendlich oft recycelt werden, entsprechende Anlagen gibt es in Deutschland. Doch die mutmaßlich illegale Entsorgung im Nachbarland ist offenbar lukrativer.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Es geht vor allem um Gipsabfälle. Das ist besonders paradox. Denn Gips kann eigentlich unendlich oft recycelt werden, entsprechende Anlagen gibt es in Deutschland. Doch die mutmaßlich illegale Entsorgung im Nachbarland ist offenbar lukrativer.
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Nach etlichen Anfragen an Behörden, nächtlichen Recherchen auf einer Transportbörse und ein paar undercover-Telefonaten können wir aufdecken, wie Entsorgungsfirmen aus 🇩🇪 & 🇨🇿 offenbar seit Jahren hunderttausende Tonnen Bauschutt kurz hinter der Grenze versenken.
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„Weißes Gold“: Verscharrt statt recycelt
Krumme Geschäfte mit Müll: Riesige Mengen Bauschutt verschwinden offenbar seit Jahren kurz hinter der tschechischen Grenze
correctiv.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Nach etlichen Anfragen an Behörden, nächtlichen Recherchen auf einer Transportbörse und ein paar undercover-Telefonaten können wir aufdecken, wie Entsorgungsfirmen aus 🇩🇪 & 🇨🇿 offenbar seit Jahren hunderttausende Tonnen Bauschutt kurz hinter der Grenze versenken.
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Follow the route of ArcelorMittal's steel, and see how the demand for 'green' steel is reflected in toxic dust in Brazil, lives of displaced farmers in Liberia, organised crime in Mexico and pollution in Europe: t.ly/Itwfo 🔎 by Coline David, Berta Vicente Salas, Pablo Linietsky, Alejandro Saldivar
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Follow the route of ArcelorMittal's steel, and see how the demand for 'green' steel is reflected in toxic dust in Brazil, lives of displaced farmers in Liberia, organised crime in Mexico and pollution in Europe: t.ly/Itwfo 🔎 by Coline David, Berta Vicente Salas, Pablo Linietsky, Alejandro Saldivar
‼️Beyond the Caliphate is a cross-border investigation by journalists from Germany and the Netherlands uncovering how suspected #ISIS affiliates used secret routes, false identities and legal loopholes to enter and remain in Europe.
Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4i6BHNz . #plupro #ecb
Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4i6BHNz . #plupro #ecb
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
‼️Beyond the Caliphate is a cross-border investigation by journalists from Germany and the Netherlands uncovering how suspected #ISIS affiliates used secret routes, false identities and legal loopholes to enter and remain in Europe.
Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4i6BHNz . #plupro #ecb
Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4i6BHNz . #plupro #ecb
🖲️ Across Europe, public money is fuelling apparently high-tech projects that promise safety, innovation, and inclusion.
⬛ This investigation uncovers initiatives lagging behind the slogans in Romania and Czechia.
Read more here: t.ly/ndUaq
#Investigation #Crossborder #Plupro
⬛ This investigation uncovers initiatives lagging behind the slogans in Romania and Czechia.
Read more here: t.ly/ndUaq
#Investigation #Crossborder #Plupro
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🖲️ Across Europe, public money is fuelling apparently high-tech projects that promise safety, innovation, and inclusion.
⬛ This investigation uncovers initiatives lagging behind the slogans in Romania and Czechia.
Read more here: t.ly/ndUaq
#Investigation #Crossborder #Plupro
⬛ This investigation uncovers initiatives lagging behind the slogans in Romania and Czechia.
Read more here: t.ly/ndUaq
#Investigation #Crossborder #Plupro
👜 Behind the postcard image of packed beaches and lively streets lies another reality: rising rents, vanishing neighbours, and the slow erosion of community.
✊ Yet, grassroots resistance is gaining ground.
Read more about the investigation: t.ly/0mBEB
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro #CBL
✊ Yet, grassroots resistance is gaining ground.
Read more about the investigation: t.ly/0mBEB
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro #CBL
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
👜 Behind the postcard image of packed beaches and lively streets lies another reality: rising rents, vanishing neighbours, and the slow erosion of community.
✊ Yet, grassroots resistance is gaining ground.
Read more about the investigation: t.ly/0mBEB
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro #CBL
✊ Yet, grassroots resistance is gaining ground.
Read more about the investigation: t.ly/0mBEB
#Investigations #Crossborder #Plupro #CBL
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#Posidonia, mon amour! Nuestro reportaje sobre los peligros del turismo para la posidonia en el Mediterráneo da el salto a Francia. Aquí podéis leer el reportaje en la revista VERT.
In one night, a yacht over 80 meters can destroy a Mediterranean seagrasshaft meadow as large as a football field: t.ly/4mJI2 By our grantees @barbaracelis.bsky.social Alban Leduc and Ana López
Face aux yachts qui détruisent les herbiers de posidonie, les Baléares, la Corse et la Sardaigne explorent des solutions
Ce sont les poumons verts de la Méditerranée, mais ils sont gravement menacés par le tourisme nautique. Pour protéger les herbiers marins de posidonie, les Baléares, la Corse et la Sardaigne tentent d...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
#Posidonia, mon amour! Nuestro reportaje sobre los peligros del turismo para la posidonia en el Mediterráneo da el salto a Francia. Aquí podéis leer el reportaje en la revista VERT.
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Nederland schafte in 2013 de verkoop van rode diesel af. Gevolg: niet alleen bloeiend brandstoftoerisme in VL maar ook amper controle of gebruikers er wel rechtmatig tanken.
Fietsrepo @onderzoekscollectiefspit.nl @opwoestegrond.bsky.social @journalismfund.bsky.social
apache.be/2025/11/14/s...
Fietsrepo @onderzoekscollectiefspit.nl @opwoestegrond.bsky.social @journalismfund.bsky.social
apache.be/2025/11/14/s...
Smokkel van rode diesel floreert in de grensstreek
Sinds Nederland het belastingvoordeel voor rode diesel afschafte, bloeit een nauwelijks gecontroleerde grenshandel.
apache.be
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Nederland schafte in 2013 de verkoop van rode diesel af. Gevolg: niet alleen bloeiend brandstoftoerisme in VL maar ook amper controle of gebruikers er wel rechtmatig tanken.
Fietsrepo @onderzoekscollectiefspit.nl @opwoestegrond.bsky.social @journalismfund.bsky.social
apache.be/2025/11/14/s...
Fietsrepo @onderzoekscollectiefspit.nl @opwoestegrond.bsky.social @journalismfund.bsky.social
apache.be/2025/11/14/s...
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We gingen op fietsreportage in de grensstreek, waar nog volop rode diesel gesmokkeld wordt. Een nieuw verhaal dat nu te lezen is bij @opwoestegrond.bsky.social en @apache.be. Mede mogelijk gemaakt door @journalismfund.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We gingen op fietsreportage in de grensstreek, waar nog volop rode diesel gesmokkeld wordt. Een nieuw verhaal dat nu te lezen is bij @opwoestegrond.bsky.social en @apache.be. Mede mogelijk gemaakt door @journalismfund.bsky.social
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Nederlandse tractors steken dag en nacht via kleine zandweggetjes de grens over, om in België goedkoper te tanken. “Vroeger smokkelden ze boter. Nu is het rode diesel.” Een reportage van Apache en @onderzoekscollectiefspit.nl, met steun van @journalismfund.bsky.social
apache.be/2025/11/14/s...
apache.be/2025/11/14/s...
Smokkel van rode diesel floreert in de grensstreek
Sinds Nederland het belastingvoordeel voor rode diesel afschafte, bloeit een nauwelijks gecontroleerde grenshandel.
apache.be
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Nederlandse tractors steken dag en nacht via kleine zandweggetjes de grens over, om in België goedkoper te tanken. “Vroeger smokkelden ze boter. Nu is het rode diesel.” Een reportage van Apache en @onderzoekscollectiefspit.nl, met steun van @journalismfund.bsky.social
apache.be/2025/11/14/s...
apache.be/2025/11/14/s...
Have you got a idea for a fellowship or training programme that will boost environmental journalism in Europe? Apply for the Professional Development for Environmental Journalism grant with us and get the funds you need to carry it out! t.ly/Ak-pV Next deadline: 22 January 2026, 1pm CET
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Have you got a idea for a fellowship or training programme that will boost environmental journalism in Europe? Apply for the Professional Development for Environmental Journalism grant with us and get the funds you need to carry it out! t.ly/Ak-pV Next deadline: 22 January 2026, 1pm CET
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Grandi aziende e intermediari si arricchiscono, mentre le piccole cooperative di donne chiudono. Reportage di Alice Facchini, Julie Chaudier e Juliet Ferguson dal Marocco: intern.az/1OEv
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Grandi aziende e intermediari si arricchiscono, mentre le piccole cooperative di donne chiudono. Reportage di Alice Facchini, Julie Chaudier e Juliet Ferguson dal Marocco: intern.az/1OEv