2025-05-07
BARCELONA – This project will train and support emerging journalists around Europe, helping them integrate visual storytelling,data journalism, and environmental history into their investigative practice.
This workshop series invites participants to investigate Europe’s environmental memory by examining land use, drought, and climate-related disasters – topics often underreported or disconnected from their historical context.
The training integrates archival research, field investigation, and data mapping to support the production of rigorous, evidence-based reporting.
Sessions will be delivered both online and in person, led by experts in journalism, science communication, photography, and digital cartography.
The program is led by Jordi Jon Pardo, a creative journalist, documentary photographer, and National Geographic Explorer. His work explores the intersection of environmental issues and historical memory.
Jordi is also the co-founder of MÓN, an independent environmental journalism platform based in Spain. Projects such as "Eroding Franco and Reimagining: The Spanish Civil War" have established the organization’s approach to investigating the roots of today’s ecological conflicts through long-form, interdisciplinary storytelling.
Format & Location:
Primarily online, with efforts underway to host select in-person sessions in Barcelona to support fieldwork and hands-on investigation.
Project timeline:
- May–July 2025: Open call for participation
- August–November 2025: Online workshops with five guest instructors from across Europe
- December 2025–March 2026: Mentorship and story development with five selected participants
- April 2026: Presentation of final investigations
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