EBU Investigative Journalism Network

About the network

Launched in 2017, the EBU’s Investigative Journalism Network brings together dozens of journalists from public service media outlets across Europe. Its primary mission is to identify and support investigative journalism initiatives by connecting network members to enrich their reporting, share intelligence and sources, and increase the public-service impact of major cross-border stories.

Operating under a Steering Committee tied to the EBU News Committee, the network serves as a platform for collaborative newsgathering, joint storytelling, and peer-to-peer exchange through regular workshops and training sessions. By pooling resources and expertise, the network helps public media organizations tackle complex transnational stories that transcend national borders. The network relies on specialized cooperative strategies:

• Investigative Methods: Conducting rigorous cross-border research, document analysis, and leveraging pan-European public service media networks.
• Advanced Specialisms: Utilizing open-source intelligence (OSINT), data verification, and coordinated investigative reporting.
• Collaborative Infrastructure: Offering editorial coordination, project management, shared intelligence, and professional networking support.

The network focuses on public-interest topics of pan-European significance across several core subjects:

• Climate & Environment: Investigating ecological threats and environmental vulnerabilities.
• Corruption & Organized Crime: Exposing financial malfeasance, fraud, and corporate accountability issues.
• Democracy & Politics: Strengthening institutional transparency and tracking hybrid security threats.
• Health & Social Issues: Examining public health challenges, societal inequalities, and industry-wide systemic flaws.
• Human Rights & Migration: Tracking human rights violations, conflict impacts, and migration challenges.

Network Projects

• The Missing Children of Ukraine: An in-depth cross-border investigation exposing the forced transfer and deportation of hundreds of children from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories to Russia.
• Russification in Occupied Ukraine: A comprehensive project documenting aggressive assimilation policies, forced indoctrination, and human rights abuses in illegally annexed territories.

Contact
Website: https://www.ebu.ch/groups/investigative-journalism-network

Contact

Website: https://www.ebu.ch/groups/investigative-journalism-network
Name: Belen Lopez Garrido
Email: lopez-garrido@eurovision.net