For an entire week, alums of the NLN programme together with investigative journalists from the MENA region developed visual concepts for new approaches to storytelling about environmental justice. Additionally, students and journalists were able to engage with distinguished guest speakers from the fields of journalism, environmentalism and art. ‘Rewriting Climate Headlines’ is generously funded by ARIJ.

It was the first workshop of its kind, investigating how media and politics frame the reporting on topics like forest fires, water deprivation and animal cruelty to shape national agendas and public opinion.

The outcomes of the collaboration will be presented from 1st to 3rd of December 2023 in the form of an exhibition during the ARIJ 16th Annual Forum in Amman (Jordan). The conference is the Arab world’s biggest gathering for investigative journalists, fact checkers and supporters of independent media, and will be held under the theme “Cross Border Collaboration in a Fragmented World”.

ARIJ 16th Annual Forum will take place parallel to COP28 in Dubai and is expected to welcome 500+ on-site visitors and 2000+ online attendees. The forum will provide full translation to Arabic and English, and sign language interpretation. In 2024, the projects will be presented in the Netherlands.

“Cross border collaboration between European designers and Arab investigative journalists engaging in deep discussions to transfer digital / visual investigations into art installations is cutting edge. We are very excited to see this extraordinary first of its kind experiment happening”, says Rawan Damen, the director general of ARIJ.

Participating alums
Nelleke Broeze
Sophie Czich
Jan Johan Draaistra
Cristina Lavosi
Daan Veerman
Hattie Wade

Mentoring
Lauren Alexander
Rawan Damen
Rosie Heinrich
Niels Schrader
Boris van Westering