Dataharvest 2026 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference

Research shows that, among audiences in Western countries, news avoidance has been growing nonstop for the last decade. The result? Sometimes, it feels that the main audience of our investigations is... other investigative journalists. While experts do use our research, it seems that we are failing to reach generalist audiences and the wider public.
One possibility to reach more diverse audiences is to present and disseminate our investigations in unconventional ways.

In this session, we will talk about using creative formats to publish investigative journalism: from unusual digital publications to printed and material objects, and live and in-person activities.

Come to this session to discover different creative formats and real examples of investigations that used them, as well as the lessons learnt. We will also present an online catalogue of creative formats, and show how editors and journalists can use it in their work.