Shows
Accents d'EuropeEn Europe, les fluctuations des routes migratoiresAvec l’arrivée de l’hiver, les ONG s’inquiètent des conditions de transit des migrants notamment par la route des Balkans. Officiellement les frontières sont fermées. Surtout depuis qu’en 2023, la Croatie a rejoint l’espace Schengen. Ses frontières avec la Serbie, la Bosnie-Herzégovine et le Montenegro sont devenues de facto les frontières extérieures de l’Union européenne et sont donc très bien gardées. Voilà pour la théorie. Dans les faits les migrants sont toujours là, ils tentent de passer mais sont devenus invisibles. Et les...
2026-01-0519 min
LaserLa battaglia dei Masai per la loro terraNel nord della Tanzania, la tutela della natura si è trasformata in una macchina di espulsione. Sotto la bandiera della “conservazione ambientale”, lo Stato ha riclassificato vaste aree abitate dai Maasai — come l’area di conservazione di Ngorongoro e le nuove riserve di Pololeti e del lago Natron — in territori dove ogni attività umana è vietata, ma dove prosperano la caccia al trofeo e il turismo di lusso.Il reportage frutto di una lunga inchiesta ricostruisce come il sistema di conservazione tanzaniano sia diventato un laboratorio di controllo territoriale e speculazione economica. Analizzando piani governativi, politiche di riclassificazione fondiaria e concessioni le...
2025-11-2127 min
SHEVEGA TALKSwww.SHEVEGA.comDocumentarian Jon Erik WestJon Erik West, a Finnish journalist, documentary filmmaker, and vegan whose passion for dogs has spanned over 30 years in both his private life and professional work. Jon's recent documentary is pioneering. Please watch at https://mydogisavegan.comJon’s exceptional career in investigative journalism is backed by grants from the Karuna Foundation (US), Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU), Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike), and Free Press Unlimited (FPU). As a long-standing member of the Union of Journalists in Finland, Jon has shaped perspectives in the media industry since 1992, always putting the welfare of animals at the fo...
2025-09-2843 min
ODPOSLECH | investigace.czČeská muniční iniciativa: Kdo na ní vydělává a kdo mlčí?Česká muniční iniciativa, která slibuje rychlé dodávky dělostřelecké munice do Ukrajiny, si od počátku získala mezinárodní uznání. Současně ji ale provází řada otázek, na které zatím čeští politici ani zapojené firmy neposkytli uspokojivé odpovědi. Jak vznikl celý projekt? Kdo vybral konkrétní zbrojní společnosti a jaké mají vazby na politiky a agenturu AMOS, která pomoc koordinuje? Jsou vysoké marže oprávněné, nebo někdo profituje víc, než je únosné? A co je pravdy na fámách o defektní munici či dřívějším podnikání českých zbrojařů v Rusku? Na Česk...
2025-05-0724 min
IJ4EU ConfidentialYes, AI is judging youSecret algorithms are secretly judging us. Governments across Europe are using flawed AI for law enforcement and predictive policing, quietly shaping justice and playing with people’s lives.
Join us as we go behind the scenes of a year-long investigation across the Netherlands, Italy and Spain that reveals the shocking truth behind these “decision machines”.
This episode features investigative journalist Pablo Jiménez Arandia, a member of the cross-border team of journalists behind Decision Machines, a year-long investigation into algorithms used in the criminal justice system with almost no scrutiny.
We unpack how reporte...
2025-04-0457 min
P1 DokumentärKasinoläckan - Under cover | Del 3/3Tiotusentals hemliga dokument ger en inblick i ett stort spelföretag, som driver olagliga nätkasinon. Vi reser till Malta med dold identitet. Vad säger kasinobolagen när de tror att ingen hör på? Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. På kort tid förlorar Stefan mer än 100 000 kronor på ett nätkasino utan svensk licens. Han skickar ett mejl till kundtjänsten och bifogar sin sjukjournal, där det framgår att han lider av maniskt spelande. När en hög chef får se mejlet, beordrar han sina anställda: ”close t...
2025-01-0925 min
P1 DokumentärKasinoläckan – Spåren i Europa | Del 2/3Svenska kasinovarumärken marknadsför sig som de säkraste i världen. Men i Europa betraktas de som illegala. Vår granskning tar oss till Malta, där spelbranschen står för tio procent av ekonomin. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Österrikaren ”Herbert” spelade bort motsvarande 8 miljoner kronor på Mr Green och Unibet, två nätkasinon med rötterna i Sverige. Men eftersom de verkade illegalt i Österrike, har bolagen dömts att betala tillbaka spelförluster på flera hundra miljoner kronor. Ändå vägrar de.– Är det här verkligen okej? Jag tyck...
2025-01-0925 min
P1 DokumentärKasinoläckan – Spelbranschen inifrån | Del 1/3En dataläcka öppnar dörrarna till den dolda spelbranschen. På hundratals förbjudna nätkasinon kan svenska spelberoende förlora miljoner. Och Spelinspektionen är bakbunden. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. När barnen har gått och lagt sig loggar Johan in på ett utländskt nätkasino. Han har redan förlorat miljoner och egentligen borde det här inte vara möjligt. Kasinot han spelar på har ingen svensk spellicens – och följer inte reglerna i den svenska spellagen.– Jag anser att lagstiftningen är uddlös. Det finns inget skydd alls, s...
2025-01-0925 min
BrottsutredarnaKasinoläckan - Under cover | Del 3/3Tiotusentals hemliga dokument ger en inblick i ett stort spelföretag, som driver olagliga nätkasinon. Vi reser till Malta med dold identitet. Vad säger kasinobolagen när de tror att ingen hör på? Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. På kort tid förlorar Stefan mer än 100 000 kronor på ett nätkasino utan svensk licens. Han skickar ett mejl till kundtjänsten och bifogar sin sjukjournal, där det framgår att han lider av maniskt spelande. När en hög chef får se mejlet, beordrar han sina anställda: ”close t...
2025-01-0725 minBrottsutredarnaKasinoläckan – Spåren i Europa | Del 2/3Svenska kasinovarumärken marknadsför sig som de säkraste i världen. Men i Europa betraktas de som illegala. Vår granskning tar oss till Malta, där spelbranschen står för tio procent av ekonomin. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Österrikaren ”Herbert” spelade bort motsvarande 8 miljoner kronor på Mr Green och Unibet, två nätkasinon med rötterna i Sverige. Men eftersom de verkade illegalt i Österrike, har bolagen dömts att betala tillbaka spelförluster på flera hundra miljoner kronor. Ändå vägrar de.– Är det här verkligen okej? Jag tyck...
2025-01-0725 min
BrottsutredarnaKasinoläckan – Spelbranschen inifrån | Del 1/3En dataläcka öppnar dörrarna till den dolda spelbranschen. På hundratals förbjudna nätkasinon kan svenska spelberoende förlora miljoner. Och Spelinspektionen är bakbunden. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. När barnen har gått och lagt sig loggar Johan in på ett utländskt nätkasino. Han har redan förlorat miljoner och egentligen borde det här inte vara möjligt. Kasinot han spelar på har ingen svensk spellicens – och följer inte reglerna i den svenska spellagen.– Jag anser att lagstiftningen är uddlös. Det finns inget skydd alls, s...
2025-01-0725 minIJ4EU ConfidentialHow EU migration policy fails the dead and the livingThis episode takes us behind the scenes of the Border Graves Investigation, an award-winning journalistic collaboration that documented more than 1,000 unmarked graves of people who died on European migration routes.
With insights from investigative journalists Gabriela Ramirez and Daphne Tolis, the episode uncovers systemic failures in identifying the deceased, touching on personal stories, the political and institutional response to the crisis and the ongoing challenges faced by families in search of their loved ones.
Hear about the dedicated local communities in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia who continue caring for these unmarked graves amidst rising anti-migrant...
2024-10-2052 minIJ4EU ConfidentialEurope’s bear crisis exposedThis episode goes behind the scenes of Bears Uncovered, a cross-border investigation exposing the surging brown bear populations in Europe and their complex relationship with humans.
With insights from investigative journalists Michael Bird and Ovidiu Stancu, learn about shifting bear management practices across 26 European countries, the ethical quandaries of culling versus conservation, and the real-world impacts of human encroachment and climate change on these majestic animals.
“I think it's a test of humans,” Bird said. “It's a test of how we can learn to coexist with such a large predator. Do we coexist with them or do...
2024-09-1858 minIJ4EU ConfidentialCan journalists stop a ticking climate bomb?European firms continued supplying a mega Russian gas project after the invasion of Ukraine — until they were busted.
Hear from journalists behind Defusing a Russian ‘Carbon Bomb’, a cross-border investigation into how European companies continued to supply high-tech equipment and engineering services to a mega Russian gas project in the Arctic despite sanctions following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Discover how these actions support one of the world’s most significant carbon emission sources, undermining global climate goals and propping up Russia’s war machine.
This collaboration between newsrooms uncovers the involvement of key European...
2024-08-1345 minIJ4EU ConfidentialThe making of The Gaza ProjectFifty journalists. Thirteen organisations. Damning findings. Behind the scenes of a groundbreaking investigation.
This special episode of the IJ4EU Confidential podcast features leading contributors to The Gaza Project on their groundbreaking investigation that exposed “unprecedented” Israeli targeting of Palestinian journalists.
At least 110 Palestinian journalists have been killed since the start of the Israel-Gaza War on October 7, 2023 – the largest number of journalists to be killed in this span of time in any modern war or conflict. In addition to facing unprecedented physical dangers, journalists in Gaza and the West Bank have faced threats, assault, censorship and arr...
2024-07-301h 14
BacklightHow to fund your investigationThis episode, we dive into the essential fuel that allows cross-border investigative journalism to happen —money.
Beatriz and Tessa first chat with Timothy Large from the International Press Institute who’s responsible for a scheme that gives more than 4m euro in grant funding, about how to nail a pitch application.
Later, we hear from freelance journalist and recent European Press Prize winner Andrei Popoviciu about the challenges of freelance funding and his tips for fellow journalists.
IJ4EU will open their next funding round on September 2, 2024.
--
Hosts: Beatr...
2024-07-2338 minIJ4EU ConfidentialInvestigating Russia’s drone war in UkraineWe uncover the chilling realities of drone warfare in Ukraine with one of the journalists behind a groundbreaking investigation into Russia’s drone supply chain, Russia’s War, Europe’s Burden.
Discover how Iranian-made kamikaze drones and European components are fueling Russia’s war efforts despite sanctions. Learn about the devastating impact of Shahed suicide drones on Ukrainian cities and the civilian toll of these relentless attacks. Featuring journalist Sanjana Varghese.
The investigation explores the impact of drones on the battlefield and the changing nature of warfare. The conversation highlights the challenges faced during the investig...
2024-07-1932 minIJ4EU ConfidentialWhen journalists become gold diggersFreelance investigative journalists Ludovica Jona Lasinio (Italy) and Quentin Noirfalisse (Belgium) reveal how the gold in your wedding ring or hard drive may have been illegally mined in the Amazon, “laundered” in the Middle East and refined in Europe.
Learn about the intricate “gold chain” that connects Amazonian gold to European markets via Dubai, and how a lack of regulation has allowed the unlawful destruction of vast swathes of rainforest and rights abuses against indigenous people.
This podcast gives the backstory to The Gold Chain, a cross-border investigation supported by the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) f...
2024-06-2450 minIJ4EU PodcastDigging dirt from Brussels to YangonFrom the Bialowieza Forest on the Polish-Belarus border to the depths of the Brazilian Amazon, reporters supported by the Investigative Journalism for Europe fund have left no stone unturned in pursuit of their stories.
In this year-end edition of the IJ4EU Podcast, our hosts reflect on an exceptional 12 months for watchdog journalism, recapping just a few of the stories that have made a splash in Europe and beyond.
“I’ve been amazed at just how global many of the investigations have been this year,” says Timothy Large, who leads the IJ4EU consortium. “These are stor...
2023-12-1537 minIJ4EU ConfidentialDigging dirt from Brussels to YangonFrom the Bialowieza Forest on the Polish-Belarus border to the depths of the Brazilian Amazon, reporters supported by the Investigative Journalism for Europe fund have left no stone unturned in pursuit of their stories.
In this year-end edition of the IJ4EU Podcast, our hosts reflect on an exceptional 12 months for watchdog journalism, recapping just a few of the stories that have made a splash in Europe and beyond.
“I’ve been amazed at just how global many of the investigations have been this year,” says Timothy Large, who leads the IJ4EU consortium. “These are stor...
2023-12-1537 minIJ4EU PodcastDoes the EU have blood on its hands in Sudan?Sudan is in the grip of an underreported catastrophe. Fighting between the national army and Janjaweed paramilitaries known for war crimes has devastated Khartoum and razed to the ground cities in the western Darfur region.
Against this backdrop, we speak with two investigative journalists who have exposed the European Union’s role in legitimising Sudan’s “militia state” and sowing the seeds of a conflict that threatens to spiral into all-out civil war.
Gwenaëlle Lenoir and Patricia Huon are two reporters behind The EU’s ‘Pact with the Devil’, which reveals links between Brussels, former Sudanese...
2023-12-1234 minIJ4EU ConfidentialDoes the EU have blood on its hands in Sudan?Sudan is in the grip of an underreported catastrophe. Fighting between the national army and Janjaweed paramilitaries known for war crimes has devastated Khartoum and razed to the ground cities in the western Darfur region.
Against this backdrop, we speak with two investigative journalists who have exposed the European Union’s role in legitimising Sudan’s “militia state” and sowing the seeds of a conflict that threatens to spiral into all-out civil war.
Gwenaëlle Lenoir and Patricia Huon are two reporters behind The EU’s ‘Pact with the Devil’, which reveals links between Brussels, former Sudanese...
2023-12-1234 minIJ4EU ConfidentialInside Europe’s illegal puppy tradeThinking of buying a puppy in Europe? A quick Google search will bring up countless ads promising the fluffball of your dreams. You can even have a dog delivered straight to your door.
But a cross-border investigation into Europe’s booming puppy business reveals a stark reality: up to 80 percent of dogs advertised online are part of an underground trade run by highly organised criminals.
This is a story of fake breeders, bogus pet passports and cross-border smuggling — all at a colossal scale. It is also a tale of coercion, exploitation and severe health risks.
2023-12-0454 minIJ4EU PodcastInside Europe’s illegal puppy tradeThinking of buying a puppy in Europe? A quick Google search will bring up countless ads promising the fluffball of your dreams. You can even have a dog delivered straight to your door.
But a cross-border investigation into Europe’s booming puppy business reveals a stark reality: up to 80 percent of dogs advertised online are part of an underground trade run by highly organised criminals.
This is a story of fake breeders, bogus pet passports and cross-border smuggling — all at a colossal scale. It is also a tale of coercion, exploitation and severe health risks.
2023-12-0454 min
The StoryThe underground bankers funding people smugglersWhilst the government's controversial illegal migration bill moves through parliament, an untraceable and ancient banking system is being used to finance people smuggling across Europe and the Channel. So how does it work? And should the authorities crack down on 'hawala'?Additional reporting by Priyanka Shankar, Andrea Giambartolemei, Andres Mourenza, Elena Ledda and Iliana Papangeli. This investigation is supported by a grant from the IJ4EU fund and by Journalismfund.eu. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/s...
2023-05-1827 min
Zur Frage der Nation. Der profil-PolitikpodcastCyber-Abzocke: Wie man Milliarden am Telefon erbeutetprofil berichtet über eine lukrative Betrugsmasche, auf die auch in Österreich jedes Jahr tausende Menschen hereinfallen.Ein Jahr lang hat profil-Reporterin Franziska Tschinderle im Rahmen einer Recherche des Förderprogramms „Investigative Journalism for Europe“ (IJ4EU) im Team mit Journalistinnen aus Kosovo und Albanien recherchiert. Das Team ist auf eine Betrugsmasche gestoßen, die jedes Jahr Milliarden erbeutet und doch medial wenig präsent ist. Wie diese Cyber-Abzocke funktioniert, warum es dafür Call-Center braucht und wo die Opfer leben, erzählt Franziska Tschinderle im Podcast mit Philip Dulle. Melden Sie sich hier für den profil-Podcast...
2023-03-2120 min
Freelance ForumFreelance Forum 53: Workplace Mental HealthFreelance Forum podcast episode 53: February 2023
In the first part of this podcast, Gerard Cunningham spoke with Zlatina Siderova about the IJ4EU Freelancer Support Scheme.
You can find more information about the scheme at
https://www.investigativejournalismforeu.net/grants/freelancer-support-scheme/
The Freelancer Support Scheme is managed by the European Journalism Centre. The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is an international non-profit headquartered in the Netherlands, working to support, strengthen and develop journalism.
And in the same podcast, Áine O'Meara talks about mental health in the workplace, a series of workshops for freelance journalists.
You can read about self care for journalists a...
2023-02-0629 minIJ4EU PodcastWorld Press Freedom Day Special EpisodeDue to the nature of their work exposing wrongdoing and holding power to account, investigative journalists are vulnerable to attack: smears, intimidation, legal perils and outright violence.
Such threats multiply in countries where media freedom is under assault. In war zones, the dangers increase exponentially.
Yet the work continues — despite bombs, death threats, harassment and countless other ways to silence independent media. And increasingly, investigative journalists working in difficult environments find it pays to collaborate across borders.
This may mean publishing in other countries or teaming up with colleagues elsewhere. In extreme cases, it...
2022-04-2958 minIJ4EU ConfidentialWorld Press Freedom Day Special EpisodeDue to the nature of their work exposing wrongdoing and holding power to account, investigative journalists are vulnerable to attack: smears, intimidation, legal perils and outright violence.
Such threats multiply in countries where media freedom is under assault. In war zones, the dangers increase exponentially.
Yet the work continues — despite bombs, death threats, harassment and countless other ways to silence independent media. And increasingly, investigative journalists working in difficult environments find it pays to collaborate across borders.
This may mean publishing in other countries or teaming up with colleagues elsewhere. In extreme cases, it...
2022-04-2958 min
The Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and SocietyWary of Russian Aggression, the Baltics Contain Political Falsehoods but Struggle with COVID DisinfoDisinformation warfare is not new to the Baltic States - and they have been boosting their preparedness since 2014 and were lauded as successful. Then why did countering COVID-19 disinformation prove challenging?
In December, Daiva and Eva spoke to Nika Aleksejeva, who is a data journalism trainer and lead researcher for the Baltics at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. “COVID-19 disinformation is a very good lesson for us to be less naive about our capabilities,” she says.
You can read more about Latvia's disinformation actors here. You can also read our Re:Baltica article abou...
2022-04-2216 minThe Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and SocietyAre Antivaxxers More Likely to be Pro-Putin?As part of our data investigation, we took a look at politicians' tweets in the Netherlands. We found that far-right politicians are more likely to tweet about anti-vaccine topics, but we also saw that tweeters with antivaxx stances were more supportive of Vladimir Putin and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
We talked to Erin Jenne, an expert on topics of nationalism, populism, and foreign policy analysis at Central European University, as well as Eszter Szenes, an expert on extremism.
After the investigation is complete, you will be able to find the code we used for the a...
2022-04-0821 minThe Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and SocietyPortugal: Is Europe’s Vaccine Hero Losing Its “Special Balance”, Allowing Right-Wing Parties to Flourish?After elections in January, Portuguese Socialists have secured an absolute majority, promising political continuity in the country that enjoys Europe's highest rate of vaccination against COVID-19. But the side story of the election was that Portugal's previous immunity to far-right representation in parliament has waned: the Chega party increased its presence from just one to 12 seats.
Chega's main pitch was opposition to the so-called elite, known as "the big center" in Portugal. And, as our analysis shows, this extends to opposing vaccine mandates and restrictions. To find out more, Daiva talked to Portuguese researchers Silvia Roque and...
2022-03-2527 minIJ4EU ConfidentialChinese mafia groups flex their muscles in EuropeThink organised crime in Italy, and chances are you think of the Cosa Nostra, Camorra or Ndrangheta. But the newest kids on the mafia block come from China — and they’re expanding their influence across Europe.
Host Timothy Large interviews Italian journalist Davide Del Monte, who leads a cross-border investigation into the criminal activities of the main Chinese criminal group in Europe. It’s a tale of violence, political connections and dirty business.
For more on this investigation supported by the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) fund, see Chinese Underworld.
2022-03-2423 minIJ4EU PodcastChinese mafia groups flex their muscles in EuropeThink organised crime in Italy, and chances are you think of the Cosa Nostra, Camorra or Ndrangheta. But the newest kids on the mafia block come from China — and they’re expanding their influence across Europe.
Host Timothy Large interviews Italian journalist Davide Del Monte, who leads a cross-border investigation into the criminal activities of the main Chinese criminal group in Europe. It’s a tale of violence, political connections and dirty business.
For more on this investigation supported by the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) fund, see Chinese Underworld.
2022-03-2423 minThe Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and SocietyThe French Elections are Coming up. Right-Wing Politicians Are Dominating the Vaccine Debate on Twitter.
We used a custom Twitter scraper to collect and analyse the tweets of 12 candidate's slated to run in the first round of the French presidential election on April 10. We discuss our findings and talk to Estelle Brun, an associate research fellow at IRIS - Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques in Paris.
This is a summary of what candidates think about vaccination. You can read specifically about vaccine passports here and about racism and exclusion in electoral debates here. You can also listen to our episode where we discuss how vaccine mandates may backfire - featuring fo...
2022-03-1120 minIJ4EU ConfidentialInvestigating Frontex: Scandal, scrutiny and satireFrontex, the EU’s fastest-growing agency, is responsible for policing the EU’s external borders. In recent years, it has been hit by allegations of complicity in human rights abuses and revelations of secret meetings with arms lobbyists, which it then lied about.
Host Timothy Large takes you behind the scenes of two cross-border investigations from the 2020/21 Investigative Journalism for Europe programme that thrust Frontex into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
One is the Frontex Files, which showed the power of both freedom-of-information requests and late-night satire. The other is Frontex at Fault, whic...
2022-02-2836 minIJ4EU PodcastInvestigating Frontex: Scandal, scrutiny and satireFrontex, the EU’s fastest-growing agency, is responsible for policing the EU’s external borders. In recent years, it has been hit by allegations of complicity in human rights abuses and revelations of secret meetings with arms lobbyists, which it then lied about.
Host Timothy Large takes you behind the scenes of two cross-border investigations from the 2020/21 Investigative Journalism for Europe programme that thrust Frontex into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
One is the Frontex Files, which showed the power of both freedom-of-information requests and late-night satire. The other is Frontex at Fault, whic...
2022-02-2836 minIJ4EU ConfidentialPandora Papers: Dodgy dealings in Slovenia and CroatiaJournalists from Oštro, a centre for investigative reporting in the Adriatic region, discuss the challenges of exposing white-collar crime in Slovenia and Croatia — two countries on the EU’s southeast flank where the space for independent media is shrinking.
Host Timothy Large from the International Press Institute speaks with leading journalists behind A Small Haven for White-Collar Crime, an investigation supported by the IJ4EU fund for cross-border investigative journalism.
Drawing on documents from The Pandora Papers, the biggest leak of offshore financial data in history, the investigation exposes tax evasion, fraud and the hiding...
2022-02-1829 minIJ4EU PodcastPandora Papers: Dodgy dealings in Slovenia and CroatiaJournalists from Oštro, a centre for investigative reporting in the Adriatic region, discuss the challenges of exposing white-collar crime in Slovenia and Croatia — two countries on the EU’s southeast flank where the space for independent media is shrinking.
Host Timothy Large from the International Press Institute speaks with leading journalists behind A Small Haven for White-Collar Crime, an investigation supported by the IJ4EU fund for cross-border investigative journalism.
Drawing on documents from The Pandora Papers, the biggest leak of offshore financial data in history, the investigation exposes tax evasion, fraud and the hiding...
2022-02-1829 minIJ4EU ConfidentialThe Vapour Trail: Big Tobacco’s libertarian smokescreenThe latest episode of the IJ4EU Podcast takes a behind-the-scenes look at The Vapour Trail, a cross-border investigation into secret lobbying by the tobacco industry.
This cross-border collaboration between French daily Le Monde and Dutch reporters collective The Investigative Desk exposes a secret alliance between Big Tobacco and networks of U.S. oil tycoons to thwart regulations on e-cigarettes and promote laissez-faire policies in Europe.
Supported by the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) fund, the investigation exposes the work of fake consumer groups funded by the tobacco industry to promote vaping under the...
2022-02-1625 minIJ4EU PodcastThe Vapour Trail: Big Tobacco’s libertarian smokescreenThe latest episode of the IJ4EU Podcast takes a behind-the-scenes look at The Vapour Trail, a cross-border investigation into secret lobbying by the tobacco industry.
This cross-border collaboration between French daily Le Monde and Dutch reporters collective The Investigative Desk exposes a secret alliance between Big Tobacco and networks of U.S. oil tycoons to thwart regulations on e-cigarettes and promote laissez-faire policies in Europe.
Supported by the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) fund, the investigation exposes the work of fake consumer groups funded by the tobacco industry to promote vaping under the...
2022-02-1625 minThe Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and SocietyHow Anti-Vaccination Movements Pull Parents InWhen Daiva and Eva were starting their investigation into activism against measles vaccination, another team of journalists also set off to explore this movement in other parts of Europe. Anna Nordbeck and Malin Olofsson started investigating the Scandinavian anti-vaccination movement in 2019, and this led the team all the way to the US, where influential leaders of the movement create movies, tour the country, and teach similar movements abroad about pulling parents in and drawing them into the world of conspiracies. The Inoculation’s team called Malin Olofsson to hear more about the Swedish team’s findings.
The Vacc...
2022-01-1421 minThe Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and SocietyHappy holidays – new season – coming up in January: how people get pulled into anti-vaccination movementsAs the year comes to an end, we look back at our reporting in 2021 and talk about the next season, which will begin in January.
Our reporting is supported by IJ4EU. Please subscribe to our newsletter, and this show on Apple Podcasts, Audible, Google Podcasts, Spotify or another platform of your choice. Follow us on Facebook as @theinoculation, on Twitter as @TInoculation, and on Instagram as @the_inoculation
2021-12-3102 minThe Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and SocietyRomania‘s Covid Jab Lag: a Country Trapped in Mistrust, Faulty Infrastructure and Trauma (Episode 19)As omicron cases surge, the majority of Romanians are still not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Romania has the 2nd lowest vaccination rate in the EU. It is also the country where residents are the most likely in the EU to learn about science and technology from television as opposed to other sources. Together with Italians, they are the most likely in the EU to believe that early humans roamed the Earth along with dinosaurs. Where does this pervasive distrust in the scientific consensus come from? Does television have a polarizing effect – and how can it play a more positive ro...
2021-12-1726 minThe Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and SocietyFight Against Vaccine, Climate Disinformation Linked: ExpertOpportunistic politicians and businesspeople latched onto the pandemic in their quest for fame. In Latvia, where COVID-19 death counts went through the roof in October, this had dire consequences. In this episode, Daiva and Eva speak to Nika Aleksejeva, who is a data journalism trainer and lead researcher for the Baltics at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. She says, “COVID-19 disinformation is a very good lesson for us to be less naive about our capabilities.”
You can read more about Latvia’s emergency situation here, and about the disinformation dozen here. This is the sto...
2021-12-0321 minThe Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and SocietyHow A WhatsApp-based Immigrant News Service Tackles Spanish-language Misinformation in PeruMisinformation in languages other than English that span the globe is less policed, compared to English. Research shows that misinformation and disinformation in large languages like French and Spanish can harm people’s trust in vaccines around the world. That is especially true for communities that distrust mainstream media and are alienated from public services. To find out what can be done, Eva talked to Héctor Villa León, who offers a social-media-based news service for Venezuelan migrants in Peru - and beyond. In this episode, Daiva and Eva discuss what they learned from this.
You can...
2021-11-1921 minThe Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and SocietyHow Malta Beat Vaccine Disinformation and Hesitancy to Become a COVID-19 OverachieverThe tiny island of Malta is an overachiever in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Politico. Before the end of August, the Maltese government announced that 90% of the population over 12 years of age is fully vaccinated. This meant that the first phase of the vaccination programme was largely complete before rolling out boosters to vulnerable populations from mid-September.
But it’s not enough to say that vaccinating the population was easy because Malta is so small. Data from Eurobarometer surveys and the WHO show that vaccine hesitancy was not that uncommon before the pandemic. In the Eurobarometer su...
2021-11-0524 minThe Inoculation -- Vaccine Misinformation and SocietyWho Believes Misinformation? Are Liberals More Susceptible?Researching the benefits of situations where people come together to solve puzzles or make decisions, Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg realised that there is a dark side of collective intelligence. This led her to research fake news. When her team showed simulated social media posts, accurate or not, to a sample of Americans, it emerged that liberals more than conservatives judge information as reliable, even when it isn’t, when it comes from a source they trust. So The Inoculation team contacted Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg to find out more. You can read her and Sander van der Linden’s paper here. The...
2021-10-2229 minIJ4EU PodcastShipping and climate: The making of ‘Black Trail’The IJ4EU fund has launched a podcast dedicated to cross-border investigative journalism.
Listen to the stories behind IJ4EU-funded investigations, from the journalists who worked on them: how they built cross-border teams to pursue their topics, carried out investigations, overcame obstacles and created impact.
In our first episode, we look back at Black Trail, an agenda-setting investigation into the relationship between two truly cross border topics: shipping and climate change.
2021-09-2427 minIJ4EU ConfidentialShipping and climate: The making of ‘Black Trail’The IJ4EU fund has launched a podcast dedicated to cross-border investigative journalism.
Listen to the stories behind IJ4EU-funded investigations, from the journalists who worked on them: how they built cross-border teams to pursue their topics, carried out investigations, overcame obstacles and created impact.
In our first episode, we look back at Black Trail, an agenda-setting investigation into the relationship between two truly cross border topics: shipping and climate change.
2021-09-2427 min