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Leader of the state trial farm at Tystofte, Gerhard Deneken and former minister of agriculture Eva Kjer Hansen shows the story on GMO corn. Photo: Danish Ministry of Agriculture.

GMO files – Following the results of a failed trial in Europe

Sometimes investigative reporting is just luck. For me, it happened with a story on Monsanto and a trial in Denmark on genetically modified organisms. GMOs are an especially controversial topic in Europe, as several people fear that the modified genes of crops might have long-term health effects. Because of this, Monsanto and other companies have found it difficult to […]

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Training at Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Lillehammer 2015

Tommy Kaas and Nils Mulvad conduct training and participate in some sessions as speakers. Here we have collected links to all of our material from the conference. Thursday 8th of October 12.30-13.30: Networking session on Environmental Reporting Nils Mulvad together with Subhra Priyadarshini from nature.com. 15.00: Teaching Computer-Assisted Reporting. Nils Mulvad will do a presentation. Other speakers will be […]

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IRE Journal celebrate 40 years of the US-based organisation.

40 years of investigative journalism in Europe — a fast trip

A short overview for IRE Journal to celebrate 40 year for the US-based Investigative Reporters and Editors.Together with former IRE director Brant Houston, I organized the first two global conferences and founded the Global Investigative Journalism Network in 2003. BEFORE 1975 Lone journalists and a few news organizations in many cases investigated specific stories, but […]

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EuropeData

Get the European data – use them for journalistic stories

European data to be used of journalist was presented by Crina Boros, Reuters-Thompson, and Nils Mulvad, Kaas & Mulvad, at the VVOJ-conference 8th of November 2014 in Kortrijk, Begium. Photo: Nils Mulvad. Wishes for data: Raw data (not aggregated), fast published and updated Standard formats (xml, json, csv, etc.) Comparable from country to country and […]

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Ressources for GIJC-conference in Rio 2013

Ressources for GIJC-conference in Rio 2013

Google Fusion Open Refine Helium Scraper Social and mobile media for investigative journalism. Paul Myers: Researchclinic Pitch of Investigative Reporting Denmank and a concrete cross-border project on pesticides. Material for the network-meeting on climate and environment. Handout with methods, findings and tips for uncovering secrets in food and nature. We will upload material, when it […]

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Innovative watchdog media

We are proud to tell that Kaas & Mulvad just was mentioned as an example of an innovative watchdog media. It happened, when Paris-based scholar, teacher and investigative author Mark Lee Hunter last weekend was doing a presentation at the SKUP conference in Norway. SKUP is the Norwegian investigative journalism organization. The presentation was based on a working paper […]

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