Journalism++ Explained

Journalism++
Founded:	2011
Industry:	Datajournalism
Website:	https://jplusplus.org/en/

Journalism++ (J++) is a network of private service companies specializing in datajournalism. Founded in 2011, it has chapters in Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Porto, Amsterdam and Cologne.^[1]

History

Journalism++ was founded in 2011 par Nicolas Kayser-Bril, Anne Lise Bouyer and Pierre Romera, three former employees of OWNI (fr), a Paris-based news website that pioneered datajournalism in France.^[2]

Between 2013 and 2016, Journalism++ coordinated the Migrants' Files project, which aimed at measuring the number of persons who died in their attempt to reach or stay in Europe since 2000, and the cost associated with the so-called Fortress Europe policies. The project brought together 25 journalists and was published by several media outlets, notably Süddeutsche Zeitung,^[3] Libération^[4] and Český rozhlas^[5] in 2014 and 2015. The collected data served as the basis for the database of the International Organization for Migration on the same topic, which started in 2014.^[6]

Awards

The Migrants' Files project was awarded the GEN Data Journalism Award in 2014^[7] and the European Press Prize in 2015.^[8]

External links

• Global webpage
• Swedish webpage

Notes and References

1. Web site: J++ Stockholm about the development of data journalism in Sweden . Alla Rybina . 30 October 2014 . Open Knowledge Sweden.
2. Web site: Rencontre avec deux journalistes++ . French . Ismaël Halissat . 24 April 2014 . Radio France Internationale.
3. Web site: So viel kostet die Festung Europa . German . Antonie Rietzschel . 18 June 2015 . Süddeutsche Zeitung.
4. Web site: Le projet "Migrants Files" . French . 17 June 2015 . Libération.
5. Web site: Kolik nás stojí "pevnost Evropa" . Czech . 17 June 2015 . Jan Cibulka . Marcel Šulek . Petr Kočí . Český rozhlas.
6. Book: 2014 . Fatal Journeys: Tracking Lives Lost during Migration . . 20 .
7. Web site: European Union journalists cross borders for story collaboration . Alison Langley . 12 November 2014 . Columbia Journalism Review.
8. Web site: The Innovation Award – Winners 2015 . European Press Prize . 2017-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170215110017/http://www.europeanpressprize.com/winners/year-2015/the-innovation-award/ . 2017-02-15 . dead .