Program

For three days, journalists will meet other knowledgeable mediators of information from different regions of the world in Innsbruck. In conversations with colleagues and other experts, visitors find out what is going on behind the scenes of the information on international events, which is often hastily and superficially conveyed, and can contribute.

Current social, political and cultural developments are the focus of the debates, from book presentations, exhibitions, doc-films and audio features. The Journalismusfest Innsbruck opens a window to the complex present in which we live.

The Journalismusfest Innsbruck opens a window to the complex present in which we live.

Treibhaus, Turm

The Dark Side of the Black Powder.

The Consequences of Phosphate Mining in Tunisia

Conversation

Phosphate rock, rich in phosphorus, is one of the key primary materials for fertilizers. The black powder is also irreplaceable for electrical cars and batteries. Most recently, the EU added phosphorous to the list of 20 “critical raw materials”. Tunisia has the world’s fourth largest phosphate rock reserves. Mining this rock, however, leaves deep marks on the landscape—and on the bodies of those who live there. The communities in the area of exploitation are affected by water scarcity and pollution.
In 2024, the journalists Arianna Poletti from Italy and Sofian Philip Naceur from Tunisia—together with the Italian photographer Daniele Sala—conducted research on the consequences of phosphate mining in the Tunisian Gafsa Basin.

Arianna Poletti
Freelance Journalist, Jeune Afrique, Le Monde diplomatique, Italy, Tunisia

Daniela Sala
Multi-Media Journalist, Co-Founder of FADA Collective, Italy

Hosted by
Alicia Prager
Journalist Der Standard, Network for Climate Journalism Netzwerk Klimajournalismus

Italian and German with simultaneous interpretation

Free admission

With the aid of Journalismfund Europe and the Italian Culture Institute, Vienna

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Die Mitwirkenden

Wir freuen uns auf Journalist*innen, Wissenschaftler*innen und NGOs aus verschiedenen Regionen der Welt.

Die Schauplätze

Die Veranstaltungsorte des Festivals liegen im Zentrum von Innsbruck. Sie sind zu Fuß gut zu erreichen.

Info

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A weekend with a view

Program

The Dark Side of the Black Powder.