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BERLIN - German software developer Friedrich Lindenberg (online alias: pudo) is a regular at Journalismfund.eu's Dataharvest Conference. His newest initiative, OpenInterests.eu, a collection of several official EU databases, will be one of the eye-catchers at Dataharvest+ 2014. Let's take a closer look at pudo.

BRUSSELS - There are several grants or fellowships for journalists that have a deadline coming up. We thought it was worth mentioning a few of them before it's too late to submit an application.

Investigative journalists, data specialists and coding whizz-kids will once again gather in Brussels this year for the fourth edition of Journalismfund.eu’s Dataharvest Conference, renamed Dataharvest+. It takes place on Friday 9, Saturday 10 and Sunday morning 11 May 2014.

BRUSSELS – After a particularly difficult screening the jury of the Journalismfund.eu cross-border grant programme has come to a decision on the applications received for the October 2013 application round. Seven out of a total of 53 applications will receive a grant.

BRUSSELS – At an event on Tuesday 3 December, Stern reporter Hans-Martin Tillack and media law professor Dirk Voorhoof discussed the protection of journalistic sources in the EU. The evening on protection of sources was organised by Flemish-Dutch house deBuren and Journalismfund.eu.

BRUSSELS - German investigative journalist Hans-Martin Tillack has been a member of Journalismfund.eu’s cross-border jury for the past four years. At Journalismfund.eu’s jury event on 3 December 2013 in Brussels, Tillack will officially announce his retirement from the jury.

BRUSSELS – Journalismfund.eu announces the deadline dates for its application rounds for cross-border investigative journalism projects. There will be five application rounds between now and mid-2016.

BRUSSELS – During its October 2013 application round Journalismfund.eu received a record number of 51 applications for cross-border projects. Journalists from all over Europe applied.

LEIPZIG – On 8 October 2013 the Media Foundation of Sparkasse Leipzig awarded the thirteenth Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media. Journalismfund.eu’s Brigitte Alfter and Ides Debruyne were awarded one of the four prizes.