Geert Mak
Journalist and historian Geert Mak (1946) succeeds in making Europe a readable, recognizable and rememberable project for all readers and viewers. Mak studies law and sociology at the Vrije Universiteit and Universiteit van Amsterdam, worked in Parliament as an assistant to the Pacifisch Socialistische Partij, taught constitutional and immigration law at the University Utrecht, and […]
EU Lobbying
EU Lobbying: throwing light on the hidden side of EU decision-making An estimated 15,000 – 20,000 lobbyists are active in the capital of Europe. Most of these lobbyists represent corporate interests. This year the European Commission launched a voluntary register and code of conduct for lobbyists. Can it be of use to investigative journalists? What […]
NATO
NATO and the security blanket that is used to stifle media Brussels boasts its place as the news capital of the world. But the reality is that journalist have to navigate their way through sophisticated systems of control of information, set by governements, lobbyists and security agencies. Aidan White, who has been for 20 years […]
On the fate-of-the-earth beat
Climate change effects the work of every reporter. It ranges from politics, to economics, health, science & technique and even to the travel section of the newspaper (climate neutral flying – is it really possible?). But few nuts are harder to crack: How to write about global warming (or dangerous substances – an other heavily […]
European cash flow
The dark side of European cash flow How do you trace illegal cash flows? How do you deal with information from criminals and other dubious sources? Italian journalist and economist Loretta Napoleoni specializes in the informal and criminal money markets of Europe. She wrote, amongst others, the books ‘Rogue Economics‘ (2008) and ‘Terror Incorperated; Tracing […]
All profits are equal
All profits are equal (but some are more equal than others) Many (investigative) journalists avoid financial words like net income, depreciation and cash flows. That is a pity, because with some basic knowledge you can do quite a lot of work before calling on your experts for help. This workshop’s main goal is to help […]
Life of a European Mandarin
For more than seven years, Derk-Jan Eppink (NL) worked as a senior official behind the scenes in the European Commission. The Commission is not well-known to the general public, but makes decisions which affect the daily lives of almost half a billion Europeans. Now that he has left the Commission to take up a new […]
Minorities in Europe
How to look at minorities in Europe? In times of globalization when towns all over the world are looking more and more identical journalists in the tradition of Truman Capote and Tom Woolfe are looking for their own identity and roots. Apparently with a lot of success. The ‘New Journalism’ of the seventies for some […]
Europe for beginners
Terwijl niet alleen de omvang maar ook de macht van Europa almaar groeit, daalt de opkomst voor Europese verkiezingen en referenda. De Europese burger lijkt nauwelijks geïnteresseerd in de instellingen die de lidstaten samenhouden én het democratisch gehalte van de Europese Unie moeten opkrikken. Hoe komt het dat nationale media amper aan Europa-verslaggeving doen? Wat […]
Time management & stress reduction
How can journalists benefit from time management and stress reduction? Is it possible to keep working very long hours without running any health risks? What is the impact of the tense environment journalists have to work in? How to survive in a highly demanding working environment where extreme flexibility and growing number of multitasking skills […]
