Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference

Most investigative journalists have by now become used to getting data and building datasets and databases as part of their research. And that's also very often the case in cross-border collaborative investigations, where data is normally the common language of the journalists and media participating (alongside English).

What is less common is then publishing or making those databases accessible, and using them as part of the storytelling when presenting and disseminating our investigations. And that's a shame, because the databases behind our research can provide us with an opportunity to reach and engage our audiences in interesting and novel ways.

In this session,investigative journalists, from two very different contexts, Serbia and Switzerland, will present how they went about compiling complex databases as part of their investigations, and then making those databases publicly available and accessible to their audiences, as well as using the databases as part of their storytelling.

Come to this session to get inspired and learn how you can compile and use databases, not only as part of your research, but also making them part of the story, increasing the reach and impact of your investigations.