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style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Invitation: UNCOVERED
conference in Berlin - Investigative Journalism for Europe<br>
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<font face="Arial,sans-serif">Dear FOME,</font><br>
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<font face="Arial,sans-serif">Democracies
need journalist who uncover the news that others would prefer to
be kept
secret. We invite you
to join us at the <b>UNCOVERED</b> <b>conference</b>, to
participate in
a <b>workshop on digital security</b>, to network with
practitioners and politicians, and to learn about
the impressive cross-border <b>investigations of the</b><b> </b><span
class="Hyperlink0"><a
href="https://www.investigativejournalismforeu.net/"><span
style="color:#0432FF">IJ4EU</span></a></span><span
class="None"><b> grant winners.</b></span></font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif">
</font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif">We will
assess the challenges that investigative journalism faces in
Europe today and
the conditions – political, legal, and financial – that are
necessary for
investigative journalism to flourish. Find out why investigative
journalism is
in everyone’s interest – and how we can protect it in a climate
where economic needs and political
interference are the new normal.</font><br>
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</font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif"><span class="None"><b><span
style="color: rgb(90, 184, 223);" lang="EN-US">when:</span></b></span><span
class="None"><b><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"
lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><span class="None"><b><span
style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42);" lang="EN-US">Thursday,</span></b></span><span
class="None"><b><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"
lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><span class="None"><b>31
January -
Friday, 1 February, 2019<br>
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42);" lang="EN-GB"></span></font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"
lang="EN-GB">
</span><span class="None"><b><span style="color: rgb(90, 184,
223);" lang="EN-US">where:</span></b></span><span
class="None"><b><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"
lang="EN-GB"> Europäisches
Haus</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"
lang="EN-US">
(European House),</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"
lang="EN-GB"> Unter
den Linden 78, 10117 Berlin, Germany</span><span style="color:
rgb(42, 42, 42);" lang="EN-GB"></span></font><br>
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</font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif"><span class="None"><b><span
style="color: rgb(90, 184, 223);" lang="EN-US">Further info,
programme (under construction) and side events
you find at the conference website:</span></b></span><span
class="None"><b><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"
lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span
style="color: red;" lang="EN-US"><a
href="https://www.ecpmf.eu/uncovered/"><span
style="color:red"><br>
</span></a></span></b></span></font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span
style="color: red;" lang="EN-US"><a
href="https://www.ecpmf.eu/uncovered/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:red">ecpmf.eu/uncovered</span></a></span></b></span></font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: red;"
lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.ecpmf.eu/uncovered/"><span
style="color:red"></span></a></span></b></span></font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif">Meet and
mingle with the grant winners, other journalists from across
Europe,
politicians and high-level media experts such as Georg Mascolo (<span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Joint Investigative
Group </span>SZ, NDR, WDR), Benedek Jávor (MEP), Matthew
Caruana
Galizia (journalist, tbc), Pavla Holcova (journalist), and many
more.<br>
<br>
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<font face="Arial,sans-serif">The event takes place under the
patronage
of the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Mr Michael Müller.</font><font
face="Arial,sans-serif"> <br>
</font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif">The conference language is <span
class="None"><b>English.</b></span> The event is <span
class="None"><b>free</b></span> of charge. Please <span
class="MsoHyperlink"><a
href="https://www.ecpmf.eu/uncovered/index.html#content4-f">register</a></span>
in advance (RSVP 29 January 2019). </font><br>
<font face="Arial,sans-serif"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><br>
</font><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><font face="Arial,sans-serif">You
find a detailed PDF invitation enclosed.<br>
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*Merry Christmas*<br>
<br>
the ECPMF<br>
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Stephan Seeger, Ljiljana Smajlović, Galina Arapova, <br>
Mogens Blicher Bjerregård <br>
<strong>Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende:</strong> Lucie Sýkorová<br>
<strong>Managing Director:</strong> Dr. Lutz Kinkel<br>
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