Six videos introducing the Loep 2008 nominees are available online [this link has been deleted, ed.]. The videos were played on a big screen during diner at the European Investigative Journalism Conference in Brussels on 21 November, after which the jury rewarded the winners of this years awards for investivative journalism. Joep Dohmen (NRC Handelsblad), Marije Meerman, William de Bruijn en Barbara Coolen (Tegenlicht, VPRO) and Mirjam Pool were awarded that evening.
De Wob verdwijnt per 1 mei en wordt vervangen door de WOO, de Wet Open Overheid. In het eerste VVOJ Café van dit jaar komt Annemarie Drahmann, universitair hoofddocent bestuursrecht aan de Universiteit Leiden, vertellen wat er verandert met de nieuwe wet.
