BISS Berlin Investigative Summer School

Our Berlin International Summer School (BISS) offers you the chance, to learn important skills and discover strong tools that will open up new possibilities for successful research. Since high-level investigative training needs an international dimension, we asked colleagues who train journalists what kind of training they would like for themselves. And we asked the best speakers at international conferences – such as the Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC) – if they would like to train participants for a day or two, rather than just speak for a maximum of 90 minutes at a conference. They all agreed, and so we are delighted to present the second Berlin Investigative Summer School (BISS).

It will be hosted by the Berlin Journalism School (BJS). The school is a non-profit organisation that has been training journalists since 1989. With Berlin as an international hub for investigators in journalism and NGOs, we are now creating a programme in English. The programme is open to investigative journalists from around the world, the seminars will be held in presence.

You will find the data and topics of our program below. Details for each topics will follow soon. 

Booking: 

Please  use ANMELDUNG or SIGN UP NOW, scroll to you BISS-seminar and fill out the form.

Members of Netzwerk Recherche please send us also a short notice to info@berliner-journalisten-schule.de.

Costs (10 days): € 2.660.         Members of Netzwerk Recherche: € 1760.

Single seminar:  € 280.            Members of Netzwerk Recherche: € 180.

A seminar of the BJS Berliner Journalistenschule gUG. Please read our terms and conditions here and our data protection information here.

• 7. / 8. Juli: Storybased inquiry / Lecturer: Luuk Sengers
• 9. Juli:        Investigativ interviewing (Jim Mintz / angefragt)
• 10. Juli:      Mastering Investigative Research: Combining Data, OSINT, and Storytelling  
•                    for Impactful Journalism (Christina Brause)
• 11. Juli:     Verification (Jan Ludwig)
• 12. Juli:     Investigating the darknet (Daniel Moßbrucker)
• 14. Juli:     Investigation online (Paul Myers)
• 15. Juli:     AI in investigations (Paul Myers)
• 16. Juli:     Finding Things with AI – Using Generative AI for Journalistic Research (Jan Eggers)
• 17. Juli:     Following soon

• Christina Brause       Investigative data-journalist. Former Deputy Investigations Editor at Die Welt.
• Paul Myers:               BBC
• Marcus Lindemann:  Expert for online- and investigative research, factchecking, search of persons.
• Jim Mintz:                  Lifelong investigator and trainer of investigators. Director on SEEK (Berlin).
• Daniel Moßbrucker:   Expert on surveillance, data protection, specialises in darknet research
• Luuk Sengers:           Investigative journalist. Subjects f.e: data-journalism, climate, pollution.
• Rebecca Zinke:         Expert on IT-Forensic.
• Jan Ludwig:               NZZ, Head of  OSINT-Team (Angefragt)
• Jan Eggers;               Hessischer Rundfunk