Jelena Prtoric

Green to Grey – How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.

Here is the (AMAZING) Arena story:
greentogrey.eu

And the (promised) link to the methodology:
greentogrey.eu/methodology/

‘Desecration of landscape’: the fight over development in areas of outstanding natural beauty Residents of Woodgate estate in West Sussex enjoy its open spaces and wildlife but conservationists say it has set worrying precedent

...including 12 sq km in areas designited to be of outstanding natural beauty...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development Exclusive: 1,680 football pitches of protected natural land in England, Wales and Northern Ireland lost in five years

🌲🚜💨 Nature and farmland equivalent in size to that of the New Forest – 604 sq km – was lost to concrete and bricks and mortar in the UK

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023

An area the size of Cyprus – was turned from green to grey between 2018 and 2023, according to the data (which is v. clever...link to methododolgy at the end)

That's 9,000 km2 – 30km2 a week – or 600 football pitches a day 🤯

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Santa Claus effect: how expanding tourism ate into Lapland’s green space The number of visitors to the region has risen 160% in 30 years as concerns grow for its fragile ecosystem and indigenous practices

🎅🏻 The “Santa Claus effect”: booming tourism in Lapland is eating into green space in Finland, with a huge number of UK and Irish Irish tourists descending in Nov/Dec

The finding is part of a major cross-border investigation into landtake in Euro 🧵👇🏻

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Près de 50 m² de nature détruits chaque seconde : visualisez le bétonnage à grande échelle de l’Europe Hangars, usines géantes, villas… Pixel après pixel, l’analyse inédite d’images aériennes de notre enquête « Green to Grey » dévoile les causes et l’ampleur de l’artificialisation qui transforme le con...

📽️ Notre panorama interactif @lemonde.fr : www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...

📊 La destruction des espaces naturels largement sous-estimée par l’Union européenne : www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...

Chaque année, 1 500 kilomètres carrés de nature et de terres agricoles disparaissent sous les constructions en Europe. À l’aide d’images satellites et d’un modèle d’intelligence artificielle, nous révélons l’ampleur et les conséquences de cette artificialisation massive.

#GreenToGrey

Every day, we are losing the little nature and untouched land we have left in Europe. It took 40 journalists from 11 countries, and 10 months of work to calculate how much land Europe is losing to construction, how fast, and at what cost. Read more about our findings here: greentogrey.eu

Promotional graphic for the Climate Arena Conference taking place on 10–11 October in Budapest. The session is titled "The Quiet Undoing in the EU: Making Sense of the Commission’s Mass Deregulation Agenda." Four speakers are featured with circular headshots and their names and roles: Elena Sanchez Nicolas – Journalist, EUObserver Hans Van Scharen – Researcher and campaigner, Corporate Europe Observatory Marcella Via – Press Officer, Corporate Europe Observatory Jelena Prtoric – Journalist, Arena for Journalism in Europe The graphic features a green-to-orange gradient background with the event website (climatearena.eu) and the hashtag #CA25. The tagline reads: "Investigating the climate crisis together."

We're very excited to join @journalismarena.eu conference in Budapest in exactly one month to discuss the EU's #deregulation agenda. We'll be joined in the same pannel by @elenasanchez.bsky.social and @jelena-prtoric.bsky.social !

More info:
📅 climatearena2025.sched.com
🎟️ climatearena.eu/register/

🇪🇺 The new EU Restoration Law means journalists need to be geared to critically look at local and national nature restoration efforts.

[2/3👇] Join Rina Tsubaki of @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social, @jonassimons.bsky.social at KU Leuven and Arena's @jelena-prtoric.bsky.social to explore:

www.youtube.com Kickstart your data journalism

🚀 Kickstart your data journalism journey with this YouTube playlist from @journalismarena.eu — featuring hands-on training in Excel, R, Python & Google Sheets.

🎥 Watch now:

📣 Tickets for Climate Arena #CA25 are now on sale!

🌍 10-11 October, Budapest

🕊️ 50 early bird tickets - get them before they're gone!

climatearena.eu/register/

EU officials advised to keep Gaza misgivings internal EU officials who were unhappy about Europe's handling of the Gaza War should file internal grievances instead of going public, the EU Commission has indicated.

EU officials who were unhappy about Europe's handling of the Gaza War should file internal grievances instead of going public, the EU Commission has indicated.

The end of a fantastic first day at #Dataharvest 2025: a live journalism showcase! #EIJC25

See you all tomorrow ☀️

Get advice at the new ‘Dataharvest Cafés’ At this year’s European Investigative Journalism Conference, there will be a new way to find support for your work. For the 15th edition of the conference, journalists and colleagues will have the…

On Saturday of #Dataharvest, in the Mediaforum, you'll find our 'cafes' where you can get specialist advice on:

• security and privacy
• fundraising and finance
• EU and FOI

journalismarena.eu/get-advice-at-the-new-dataharvest-cafes #EIJC25

Image of a room with white walls and ceiling, people sitting in white desks and chairs and looking at Olivier Hoedeman as he does a powerpoint presentation.

Today at Dataharvest, the European Investigative Journalism Conference by the @journalismarena.eu our amazing colleagues @olivierhoedeman.bsky.social and @nina-holland.bsky.social did a presentation on the EU deregulation wave and the corporate agenda, with tips and stories to investigate.

#EIJC25

Investigative journalist Laurent Richard, is being interviewed by Ulla Sätereie, with a big audience, and the Dataharvest logo projected on the background.

The #Dataharvest keynote with @laurentrichard.bsky.social was a fascinating dive into the collaborative, cross-border #journalism of forbiddenstories.org

"It's not easy to team up. It requires a radical sharing attitude - but its urgent. If we think 'we can survive alone' - it's a mistake". #EIJC25

Ombudswoman Anjinho in an interesting discussion today with journalists at the dataharvest conference on the role of @ombudsman.europa.eu, the importance of rules on access to EU documents, and on having a culture of integrity in public administrations

Join @nina-holland.bsky.social and @olivierhoedeman.bsky.social to learn what are the stories to report on around the EU deregulation push! #EIJC25 #dataharvest2025 @journalismarena.eu

It’s not just Trump, the EU is also waging an anti-migration crusade The European Union’s border control policies may not be as visible as Trump’s but they are just as brutal.

While the world’s attention is focusing on Trump’s anti-migration spectacle, the #EuropeanUnion is quietly carrying out its own crackdown. Its policies are far less visible, yet they are just as ruthless. #balkans #migration

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Protip om at de gode folk hos @journalismarena.eu her i foråret tilbyder 4 gratis onlinekurser i datajournalistik med dygtige @adahomolova.bsky.social og Jonathan Stonemann. Det første er i dag 17.30, man kan stadig nå at tilmelde sig!

Dataharvest 2025 - apply for participation grants Dataharvest – the European Investigative Journalism Conference is happy to offer a (limited) number of grants to help reduce financial barriers for journalists wishing to attend the conference.

This year, we have a limited number of Dataharvest participation grants covering the registration fees, accommodation, travel, and visa costs. More details here: dataharvest.eu/2025/03/05/d... #dataharvest25 #eijc25

Let's meet and reflect and discuss our journalism in Europe! New series of practice oriented papers launched by @journalismarena.eu today with contributions from
@hazelsheffield.bsky.social @alessia81.bsky.social
More papers are lined up - stay tuned.

Inside the EU regions’ clandestine journalist-for-hire scheme The Committee of Regions (CoR) has taken a desperate – and ethically questionable – step to make sure it elicits more than a yawn from Brussels correspondents. This EU advisory body representing 329 European regions, provinces and cities has no role in European law-making other than providing non-binding opinions, which are mostly ignored. It has limited recognition by EU citizens, and the media rarely reports on its activities. It looks like the CoR is desperate to have more public visibility. In September 2022, it entered into a “media partnership” with the Spanish news agency EFE, worth a total of 135,000 euros.

Some truly bizarre stuff going down at the Committee of Regions. Read more on investigation into a journalists-for-hire scheme in our newsletter:
mailing.ftm.nl/index.php?ac...

The new investigation #ForeverLobbying Project reveals how the #PFAS industry fights to block an EU ban on “forever chemicals.”

These toxic substances, linked to cancer and infertility, contaminate the environment indefinitely.

Read more: https://buff.ly/3Z6DNCq

~
[1/4]

📕 Meanwhile, you can check out our 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 on what makes a great pitch here: t.ly/nA7tU

🎟️ And don't forget: 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲!

📌 Early bird tickets are limited, so act fast! Discounted tickets at special rates are also available for freelancers, students, and groups 👉 t.ly/gXDfQ

Got questions about pitching for #Dataharvest2025? 🤔

Join our free 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗤&𝗔 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 "𝗔𝘀𝗸 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴" on 𝟭𝟲 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝟭𝟰:𝟯𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧 for tips & answers.

📝 Register now to get the session link: tables.journalismarena.eu/form/S2QuMHk...

#EIJC25

🚨 Tickets for #Dataharvest2025 are now on sale!

Join Europe’s investigative journalism community in Mechelen, Belgium, from May 23–25, 2025.

Hands-on training, presentations, panels, and more await at #EIJC25

🎟️ Tickets here: t.ly/apcW1

Dear colleagues, we opened a call for proposals for the Dataharvest 2025 programme. Send us your ideas and suggestions: lnkd.in/dRiRKc33