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Brigitte Alfter, Denmark, is a freelance journalist based in Copenhagen who specializes in European affairs. As a former Brussels correspondent for the Danish daily Information (2004-2008), Alfter has particular expertise in the use of freedom of information legislation. She is a member of the team that successfully sought data regarding the € 50-billion European farm subsidy program and is also a co-founder of www.farmsubsidy.org. Her reporting continues to track the pharmaceutical lobby in Brussels, among other industries.

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Alfter is a co-founder of Wobbing Europe, which supports journalists in using freedom of information laws, as well as Scoop, a Danish project that works with journalists in southeastern and eastern Europe. She is the founding director of the European Fund for Investigative Journalism, chairperson of the Danish Association for Investigative Journalism’s international committee, and a current board member of Netzwerk Recherche, the German association for investigative journalism. In 2006, Alfter’s reporting alongside Danish colleague Nils Mulvad was nominated for the Cavling, Denmark’s highest journalism award. U.S. Investigative Reporters and Editors recognized Alfter as a joint recipient of the Freedom of Information Award in 2007.