EU referendum tracker

This tracker enables readers to follow the U.K.’s Brexit referendum. This is the first time a pass for Apple wallet has been used to deliver news. The pass for Apple wallet updated readers in realtime with the latest news and results during the U.K.’s Brexit referendum, allowing them to track the vote via mobile without needing to download an app. It was the first time globally that this technology has been used to deliver news.

More than 10,000 passes were installed in a week, from users in over 100 countries. Users rated the tracker 8.4 out of 10 and 95 percent would recommend another POLITICO product. 74 percent of registered users were new to POLITICO, a new audience that has since formed the base of POLITICO’s expansion in the U.K. As well as being well-received by users, the tracker was hailed by the digital industry as an innovative way to engage an audience without requiring them to download a separate app.

Monitoring EU Funded Projects in Hungary

The colour-coded feature highlights which areas received the most money during which periods, based on a scraped government database of EU-funded projects. Those interested can search by region, township or time period, to determine average funding amounts per capita, or totals for governed cycles.

Based on database entries and whistleblower tips atlatszo.hu journalists produced multiple investigative articles on some EU-funded projects, one of them ended up investigated by OLAF european anti-fraud agency. Some of these stories are illustrated with short videos and camera drone footage to make them more compelling to the reader.

The database serving as the basis of the feature is available at adat.atlatszo.hu/eu-kereso, while the map itself can be visited at adat.atlatszo.hu/eu-terkep. Resulting investigative articles and short videos are available at