Supported projects

KYIV - The aim of this conference is to enhance the ability of Ukrainian journalists to conduct evidence-based environmental investigations, particularly those related to the environmental consequences of war, land use and natural resource management.

ONLINE / BOLOGNA - The first edition of FACTA Lab: Environment Uncovered is now open. This free training programme focuses on developing rigorous, evidence-based environmental investigations that respond to the needs of communities, through connecting journalism, science and civil society.

ONLINE – Through this training, Bellingcat seeks to further empower investigative journalists in the field of environmental and wildlife reporting from a local to international level.

ONLINE/MADRID – CINet is a capacity-building programme designed to strengthen the ability of local and regional journalists in Spain to investigate and address climate and environmental disinformation.

OHRID – This project aims to strengthen the capacities of environmental investigative journalists in Southeast Europe by providing a structured programme combining specialised training, editorial mentoring, and support for cross-border investigative story production.

BRATISLAVA - Investigative center of Jan Kuciak in Slovakia has launched training programme to increase the capacity of Slovak journalists in environmental investigations.

BERLIN - Shortly before Hungary’s parliamentary election in early 2026, the Berlin-based journalism platform Clean Energy Wire CLEW joined forces with Hungary’s investigative newsroom Átlátszó to empower journalists covering the climate and energy stakes of the vote.

PARIS - Reporters d’Espoirs has launched a training programme designed to strengthen French journalists’ capacity to report on biodiversity and environmental issues. The project combines a nationwide “Biodiversity Tour” across 15 regional newsrooms and journalism schools in France with an online ...

COLOGNE - The "5vor12" Climate Briefings for journalists organised by Netzwerk Klimajournalismus Germany & Austria, are expanding into a cross-border, English-language format to connect international journalists and media professionals.

ODESA - “Environmental Storytelling in Times of Conflict” is a hybrid workshop that trains emerging photographers and journalists to document underreported environmental issues, with a focus on the ecological impact of conflict.

RIGA - The Environmental Journalism School is a five-month online training and mentoring programme designed for Russian-speaking journalists in exile.

TARANTO / VALENCIA / ONLINE – Marea Media, REVOLVE, and the MIRA–Recommon team have joined forces to organise 'Fair Funds, Fair Future', a climate justice training programme for Southern European journalists.

VIENNA - “Follow the Carbon, the Money and the Data” is a two-day training programme designed to strengthen investigative climate reporting.

ONLINE / OLTENIA REGION / HUNEDOARA / PRAHOVA - This is a pioneering investigative journalism project that marks a premiere in the Romanian media landscape: the first coordinated cross-regional collaboration among hyperlocal newsrooms for anti-corruption investigations in the EU Just Transition.

GRAND RAPIDS - This project provided training for journalists in Europe and Africa in investigating environmental issues linked to supply chains. Structured workshops will teach participants how to track industrial emissions, analyse corporate financial records, verify carbon credit claims and ...

KYIV – The project focuses on the training and professional development of 20 regional journalists from Ukraine to conduct data-driven investigations.

ATHENS – Learning by doing is an eight-month environmental investigative fellowship hosted by Reporters United, seeking two young professionals who are either interested in advancing environmental reporting or have limited experience in data and wish to pursue a career as data journalists.

NOVI SAD – This project trained Serbian journalists in how to present environmental data through visual storytelling.

FIRENZE - The second edition of the Magma Environmental Reporting Fellowship is happening! Applications were accepted until 31 August 2025.

BARCELONA – This project trains and supports emerging journalists around Europe, helping them integrate visual storytelling, data journalism, and environmental history into their investigative practice.

KYIV – This project aimed to empower independent regional journalists in Ukraine to investigate and report on critical environmental issues, while also drawing broader national and international attention to these challenges through strategic partnerships and visibility efforts.

CHISINAU – This intensive on-site training and support programme was designed for climate journalists from Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries and the European Union.

BARCELONA - This training programme aims to encourage collaboration between investigative journalists and photojournalists in order to raise awareness of desertification in Europe through innovative storytelling.

ARLES - This was a four-day hybrid workshop designed to equip 10 emerging documentary photographers or journalist with the skills, tools, and networks needed to produce in-depth, impactful environmental stories.

AMSTERDAM – The Investigative Teaching Lab was an intensive on-the-job training course for European investigative journalists, developed by The Investigative Desk, a Dutch non-profit for investigative journalism.

ONLINE – The goal of this fellowship programme was to train a first cohort of 3 environmental journalists working in different European newsrooms so they could involve citizens in their public-interest investigations by turning communities into active researchers.

ROME — Five dynamic workshops took place during the environmental investigative journalism festival “Le Parole Giuste”, on 27-29 of March 2025 in Rome.

ONLINE/LONDON – Dark Green was a free online training programme from The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ). It focused specifically on helping journalists to more effectively follow the money in their environmental and climate investigations. 

KYIV - Internews Ukraine has launched the 'Green Watch: Environmental Investigative Programme', which involved training 20 environmental journalists through a series of nine workshops. The programme aimed to address critical ecological issues and help the journalists develop impactful, high-quality ...

ROME - "Territori di inchiesta" project was created to empower young storytellers network in Italy to enhance climate investigative journalism and improve such coverage at the national level, as Italy is one of the places in the world that are most exposed to losses from extreme weather damage ...