Agenda
For the second time, the UNCOVERED Conference by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) will be held in the framework of the iMEdD International Journalism Forum, taking place on September 25.
The UNCOVERED Conference 2025 is the annual conference of the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) programme, and it has been recognised as Europe's leading conference for cross-border investigative journalism.
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09:00 – 09:30 Registration & Coffee
09:30 – 09:40 UNCOVERED: Let’s Begin
Speakers: Timothy Large (IPI), Zlatina Siderova (EJC), Deniz Bozkurt (ECPMF), Anna Kynthia Bousdoukou (iMEdD)
09:40 – 10:20 Cross-border Snapshot #1 - The One Big Lesson from reporting on…
- Elderly abuse in nursing homes - Natalie Donback
- Minors amid war and displacement - Stefania D'Ignoti
- The plight of migrants entering the EU via the Belarusian route - Hanna Jarzabek
- Coercing trans people - Ella Joyner
- Gender based violence against migrant domestic workers - Hazar Deniz Eker
Moderator: Deniz Bozkurt
10:20 – 11:00 Freelancers and Newsrooms: Can We Collaborate Better?
Moderator: Zlatina Siderova
Speakers: Gian-Paolo Accordo (voxeurop), Giacomo Zandonini, Natalie Donback
10:20 - 15:00 Power Chats
with Adriana Homolova, Alexandre Brutelle, and Martina Merten
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:20 Carrying the Weight: Facing Burnout and Trauma in Journalism Speaker: Emma Thomason
12:20 – 13:00 Cross-border Snapshot #2 - The One Big Lesson from investigating…
- The real cost of Italy and Albania’s migrant centres - James Imam
- Romanian guns for hire in DRC - Andrei Popoviciu
- Coercion within so-called voluntary returns for third country nationals in Europe - Anas Ambri
- AI and migration - Katy Fallon
- The sale of wine produced in illegal Israeli settlements - Investigative Journalist
Moderator: Juliette Gerbais
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:25 The UNCOVERED Quiz Challenge
Moderator: Timothy Large
14:25 – 15:00 We Need to Talk About Power Dynamics
Moderator: Timothy Large
Speaker: Ruona Meyer
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:10 Cross-Border Snapshots #3 - The One Big Thing we learned from investigating…
- The business of deep sea mining - Serdar Vardar
- How so-called green funds invest in arm dealers - Futura d'Aprile
- Balkan scam call centres - Milorad Ivanovic
- Sponsored social media attacks on journalists in V4 countries - Lukas Diko
- How authoritarian states deliver technology to other countries to control speech and suppresses public access to information - Marla Rivera
Moderator: Elena Rodina
16:10 – 16:50 Open Mic: “Things We Don’t Talk About (Enough)”
Moderator: Milica Miletic
16:50 – 17:00 Closing Remarks
