Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference

In cities all over Europe, buildings are treated as investments rather than as (increasingly rare) spaces for people to live in. Every year, tens of thousands of former family homes, industrial and office spaces are being vacated and demolished – most of them in order for speculators to build expensive replacements for buildings that could have been renovated much more cheaply.
With the help of the crowd, investigative media house CORRECTIV launched a "demolition atlas" where people share information about planned demolitions and possible speculation. So far this has covered Switzerland, Germany and Greece, working with media partner, Solomon.
In this session, we will show you how we reached thousands of people willing to participate, what kind of stories emerged, and look at how you can do the same in your country – no previous knowledge required.