In cooperation with Scuola di Giornalismo Luiss, Luiss Data Lab and Frediano Finucci, we organised the 1st European Training School “From Space Journalism to Satellite Journalism: The Big Picture on 25-26 September 2025 in Rome, Italy.
This education programme has been a pioneering initiative designed to provide media professionals with information, tools and guidance on how to improve their journalistic work on space and better leverage space-enabled solutions.
Read more about the programme and speakers here.
Welcoming 20 selected journalists and media professionals from Europe and Africa, this two-day intensive programme aimed to equip participants with the skills to analyse, interpret, and report on space-related news, helping them to navigate the complexities of the industry and its impact on society and economy.
Day 1 – Principles of Space Journalism and overview of space technology, economy and policy
The first day of the Course focused on providing the attendees with diverse information on various facets of the space sector by experts from governments, agencies and industry, and insights on space journalism work from leading European journalists. The day concluded with a visit to the Enrico Fermi Museum, an indispensable point of reference for anyone working in science communication, showing how scientific research, political context, and public narratives were uniquely interwoven in Italy, the host country of the Course.
Day 2 – Using space-enabled data to strengthen journalistic work
During the second day, the cohort first visited ESA ESRIN facilities in Frascati, learning about the utility of Earth Observation data. The afternoon programme included practical trainings on working with satellite-enabled information and with tools providing information about objects in space. The participants also engaged in a competition for the best proposed media story on a space-related topic.
The list of speakers included experts from Financial Times, European Space Agency, TU Delft, UK Space Agency, Portuguese Space Agency, Italian Space Agency and Ministry of Defence, Harvard Business School, waveL, La7 and Sapienza University of Rome.
We were thrilled to receive an overarchingly positive feedback from the Group and look forward to organise a 2nd edition of the School in 2026. If you are interested and want to stay updated, please leave us your contact details in the form below:
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See below a few testimonials from our participants:
I loved meeting other people working on the space beat and hearing different ways they cover it. The connections with people around Europe (and Africa) will be useful for finding new stories and perspectives which is useful for widening my reporting. It was an intense, inspiring, and wonderful couple of days!
This training was more than a professional milestone; it was a personal awakening. What I am taking home is simple yet profound: the ability to simplify without distorting, understand without oversimplifying, and adapt storytelling to make complex issues “click” for the audience. That, I believe, is the heart of space journalism.
Space is a domain where different fields come together: economy, environment, military, security, telecom, science & technology. So how can journalists become proficient in space reporting? That's where this training comes in. The organisers did a good job in putting together a diverse program, suitable for both early-career as more experienced journalists.
