By Jane Whyatt
It was Hungarian Green MEP Benedek Jávor who summed up the success of the long fundraising campaign for investigative journalism in the EU: “This is an emotional moment for me.” More than 350,000 euros had been invested in 12 cross-border teams, and at the UNCOVERED conference they presented their results.
Benedek Javor MEP in discussion with Elisa Simantke (Investigate Europe) and Ides Debruyne (journalismfund.eu) at the UNCOVERED conference. Photo: ECPMF
The UNCOVERED conference marked a great achievement: twelve cross-border IJ4EU investigations published in countries across Europe, a strong co-operation between the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)…