Data journalism is central to investigative reporters - Media Programme Southeast Europe
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Journalists have more and more rights to access information – but when it comes to exercising these rights, authorities are often uncooperative. The development towards more transparency in South East Europe has still not been completed yet. The internet facilitates investigation, but journalists also need to protect themselves. This is what the participants of a seminar in Moldova were taught.
"Legal Leaks" has become a well-known training concept in the media scene. The name stands for a compact seminar with the best trainers of investigative research throughout Europe. It was created by the two media NGOs "Access Info Europe" and "n-ost" and supported by the KAS Media Program South East Europe. KAS funded the translation of the Legal Leaks toolkit into several South East European languages.
KAS and n-ost present "Legal Leaks" for the first time in Moldova. From June 12 to 13, 2014, shortly after a special "Legal Leaks" toolkit for Moldova had been fully assembled, KAS and the German journalist network n-ost have brought the training to Chișinău for the first time. Twelve investigative journalists took part, amongst them four Romanian journalists. The participants from both countries had the opportunity to exchange their professional experiences. The trainers Staffan Dahllöf from Copenhagen and Gavin Sheridan from Dublin covered all aspects of access to information and data-driven journalism. The participants learned about legal strategies that can be used successfully when dealing with instransparent authorities and how to analyse public documents and statistics the best way possible.
