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AUDIO: Accessing European information – #Dataharvest13

European data journalism event #Dataharvest13 kicked off this year with a panel on European information laws. Host Brigitte Alfter kicked off the introductions:

And the Corporate Europe Observatory talked about their experiences of using information laws to look at lobbying interests:

Joao Sant’Anna talked about the European Ombudsman’s role in gaining access to documents held by public institutions:

And Scott Crosby provided a legal perspective:

For more coverage from the event see the links at the official site.

AUDIO: Offshore Leaks at #Dataharvest13

The investigation everyone was talking about at Dutch-Flemish data journalism event #Dataharvest13 was Offshore Leaks: a collaboration between over 80 journalists in dozens of countries on one of the biggest and ugliest data leaks in the history of journalism. The resulting stories on the use of tax havens have made front pages across the world and led to discussions – if not much action – at the G8.

David Leigh and Mar Cabra were involved in the investigation in the UK and Spain – in the audio below they talk about the issues they faced.

For more on Offshore Leaks follow live coverage of this weekend’s CIJ Summer School on the Help Me Investigate blog and contributor Abbey Hartley’s Twitter account @abbey_hartley.

Video of David Leigh talking afterwards is also embedded below:

AUDIO: Investigating a bank using environmental information laws: #Dataharvest13

One of the most interesting talks at the data and investigative journalism conference #Dataharvest13 was Gavin Sheridan‘s talk about how they tackled an Irish bank using laws on environmental information.

The bank in question was not subject to the Freedom of Information Act, despite being Government-owned. But the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) applies differently, and Sheridan, along with Fred Logue, used those to request – then fight for – information on their involvement in property development.

Sheridan and Logue’s talk is split over three audio clips – embedded below:

AUDIO: Using European information laws for environmental investigations: #Dataharvest13

This year’s Data Harvest festival – #dataharvest13 – featured a number of speakers involved in environmental investigations. We were there to record some fascinating speakers. Continue reading