News - Applications for € 88.000 at Journalismfund.eu
In the latest call for proposals 13 applications have been submitted asking for almost € 90.000. Journalismfund.eu has € 20.000 to distribute in this round.
News - World’s First Rating of Right to Information: 89 Countries
On International Right to Know Day, two leading human rights organisations, Access Info Europe (Spain) and the Centre for Law and Democracy (Canada), are launching the first detailed analysis of the legal framework for the right to information (RTI) in 89 countries around the world.
News - Launch of AsktheEU.org
Access Info Europe will be launching AsktheEU.org, a web portal via which anyone can file access to information requests with the institutions, offices, bodies and agencies of the European Union.
News - WJEC-3 in Brussels in 2013
The World Journalism Education Council has selected Belgium, Brussels, as the site of the 2013 World Journalism Education Congress. The European Journalism Training Association-Flemish/Dutch Network of Journalism Institutes submitted the proposal.
News - Journalists in Latvia launch the first-ever non-profit center for investigative journalism in the Baltics
As independent journalism declines in Latvia and Lithuania, two investigative journalists in Latvia, Inga Springe and Arta Giga, launched the first-ever non-profit investigative center in the Baltics.
News - Videos of Summer School online
We’ve just finished another successful summer school thanks to our dedicated group of trainers and speakers this year. Since many of you found there was just too much to choose from, several sessions were recorded, and as promised you can catch up with those you missed as the videos are now on the site. Alternatively, you can download a selection of talks as podcasts from the Summer School Highlights page.
News - Call for applications
Do you have a European story that goes across borders, and do you need a bit of extra support to carry it out? Then maybe Journalismfund.eu can help you with a research grant.
News - How to investigate the extreme right
The Swedish journalist Lisa Bjurwald, who this spring has published "Europas Skam" (Europe's Shame) about the extreme right in Europe, and the German journalist Andrea Roepke, who is coauthor of “Mädelsache – Frauen in der Neonazi-Szene" and has as been investigating neonazis for years, will tell about their experiences from research of right wing movements during the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kiev.
News - International Consortium Adds 15 Investigative Journalists
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has added 15 new reporters to its roster of more than 100 journalists in 50 countries. ICIJ is the international arm of the Center for Public Integrity , one of the country’s oldest and largest investigative news organizations.
News - Nick Davies to GIJC in Ukraine
The British journalist Nick Davies will speak at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in October in Kyiv about his investigations for The Guardian of the illegal telephone hacking at News of the World.
News - From Prison to Meet Global Conference of Journalists
Two leading investigative journalists from Turkey , who are presently in prison, are invited to the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Ukraine to present awards for courageous journalism.
News - CEI Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism
The Award is open to nationals of all 18 CEI Member States (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine) who have acquired in the last three years special merits in investigative journalism and who are still active in journalism. The competing journalists should be nominated by individuals/organisations/media companies. Self-nominations are not allowed. All media are accepted: print, broadcast, news agency or Internet.
News - SKUP-journalists were targets
In police questioning, the norwegian terrorist accused Anders Behring Breivik (32) said he is the man behind the book "A European declaration of Independence". The book gives detailed information on why and how to attack the SKUP conference, aiming to kill as many journalists as possible.
News - Call for Entry: The FORUM
The FORUM, IDFA's international co-financing market for documentaries, is Europe's largest gathering of filmmakers, television commissioning editors, and independent documentary producers. The FORUM combines public pitches in various setups with over 500 prearranged individual meetings.
News - WikiLeaks 'blackmailed' over Bank of America leaks
Whistleblower website WikiLeaks is under a “kind of blackmail” over leaked Bank of America documents, according to the organisation’s editor-in-chief, Julian Assange.
News - PUMA.Creative Catalyst Award
An international documentary development fund, offering 40 awards annually of up to 5,000 euros each.
News - Knight Foundation media innovation contest announces 2011 winners
Knight News Challenge winners receive $4.7 million, including $1 million in support from Google; winners include traditional news organizations and Internet entrepreneurs, projects focused on government transparency, mobile and more.
News - Mobile and social media for gathering information and publishing
COPENHAGEN - Nils Mulvad talks on Mediakritiek.be about the #U21Aarhus! – project. The Danish School of Media and Journalism have joined up with Active Institute and selected media partners to cover the UEFA U21 Championships with a group of 20 senior journalism students.
News - Nonprofit Funding of Journalism
GERMANY/US - Report on US non-profit funding of journalism shows achievements and limits – and has lessons for Europe.
News - Colombian Reporters (Reporteros de Colombia)
BOGOTA - Colombia is a country with a complex political and social situation that affects the country to this day. At present, it is attempting to pursue a democratic transition and the end of armed conflict. One of the main issues of this transition is the need to strengthen the mass media that covers war and peace agendas. Specific training is needed, especially for journalists who carry out their work in dangerous settings, both outside and within the editorial offices.
News - euronews selects Headline NFP
BRUSSELS - Yesterday evening on June 14, EU-Commissioner Viviane Reding officially opened the brand new euronews office in Brussels. euronews is the leading international news channel covering world news from a European perspective. Moreover it dedicates significant slots to EU current affairs. To allow for direct reporting from the capital of the European Union, euronews decided to set up a studio and editorial office in Brussels.
News - Applications Open for 2011 Dart Ochberg Fellowships
BALTIMORE - Apply online now for an intensive program, to be held in Baltimore Oct. 31 to Nov. 5, designed to help mid-career journalists improve coverage of traumatic events. Deadline for entries is July 27.
News - Hungary: New constitution is serious threat to right to information
BUDAPEST/BERLIN/MADRID – Hungary’s president Pál Schmitt this week signed the new Hungarian constitution which abolishes independent oversight of the public’s right to know. It will enter into force on 1 January 2012.
News - The Anna Lindh Journalist Award 2011 launched
ALEXANDRIA - From the 6th of April and until the 15th of July 2011, journalists who are nationals of one of the 43 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean have the opportunity to participate in the Fifth edition of the Anna Lindh Mediterranean Journalist Award.
News - ICIJ Continues to Accept Entries for Daniel Pearl Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. -Entries for the 2011 Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting are still being accepted. The awards honor the best in cross-border investigative journalism. Submissions must be postmarked no later than July 1, 2011.
News - World Press Freedom Day
WORLD - A new IFEX website, available in English, French and Spanish, showcases exactly what our 88 members are doing and thinking about on World Press Freedom Day. You'll find out how it is being commemorated around the world, and how you can get involved in your own community.
News - 2011 Pulitzer Awards Announced
NY USA - The 2011 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced and there is a pleasant surprise among the winners.
News - Call for Participants to New Media Summer School in Belgrade 27 May - 1 June 2011
BELGRADE - Web 3.0 - where is the internet heading? Who will decide which content you’ll be able to find online? And how will the web help in strengthening democracy and human rights?
News - The Economist seeks documentaries for Film Project
LONDON - The Economist, in partnership with PBS NewsHour, has launched The Economist Film Project, initiative by to showcase the work of independent documentary filmmakers from around the world.
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News - Storify wins SXSW Interactive Award
Storify won an Interactive Award on the 15th annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival.
News - TEDMED Visualization Challenge
NEW YORK - How does our neighborhood affect our health? Create a visualization showing the relationship between green space and public health, enter it by 11:59PM EST on December 31, and win a prize valued at $8,000.
News - Call for Abstracts for WJEC 2013
The third World Journalism Education Congress will be held at the Lamot Congress and Heritage Center and the Lessius University College in Mechelen, Belgium between July 3 and 5, 2013. It follows the successful second congress held in Grahamstown, South Africa in July 2010.
News - Cross-border team unveils European arms smugglers
Tracking arms smugglers is a difficult task, which cannot be done without cross-border cooperation with well informed and trusted journalists from different countries. That's what a Slovene team accomplished successfully. They found colleagues in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Journalists from four other countries participated in wide and deep investigation.
News - Entries for African Investigative Journalism Awards open
The Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR) is seeking entries to the 2012 African Investigative Journalism Awards, which recognizes outstanding investigative reporting in Africa. The deadline is 31 August 2012.
News - EU journalists selected for 2012 fellowship
Fondation EurActiv PoliTech and the Robert Bosch Stiftung, with the help of an international jury including Radio France International and Deutsche Press Agentur, selected 12 professional journalists to take part in a weeklong intensive seminar on “Making local stories European and European stories local” in Berlin.
News - Follow the money across borders (Brussels)
On Wednesday 10 April, MEPs Monica Macovei and Bart Staes will host a conference entitled "Follow the money across borders" at the European Parliament on 10th April 2013, from 12:30 to 15:00, in Room JAN 6Q1.
News - Ghana: Danish NGO Supports Investigative Journalism
Ghanaian journalists have been urged to take advantage of the Programme for African Investigative Reporting (PAIR), to access funds to undertake investigative journalism in diverse areas for the benefit of society.
News - Hungary: New constitution is serious threat to right to information
BUDAPEST/BERLIN/MADRID – Hungary’s president Pál Schmitt this week signed the new Hungarian constitution which abolishes independent oversight of the public’s right to know. It will enter into force on 1 January 2012.
News - Investigative journalism award to Adrian Mogos
BRUSSELS – Romanian journalist Adrian Mogos has won the CEI – SEEMO award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism. Mogos is praised for his cross-border stories, among them the Slave Labour Trafficking, which was made possible through a grant from Journalismfund.eu.
News - Journalists of the Mediterranean 2010
ALEXANDRIA - At the start of the second edition of the International Journalists of the Mediterranean the "Caravella of the Mediterranean" -prize will be given to the winning journalists.
News - Live VVOJ2010 investigative journalism conference
GHENT - Follow the live stream and twitter from the conference.
News - Livre: Journalisme narratif en pratique
Manuel concret de récit journalistique, Journalisme narratif en pratique conduit à la maîtrise des techniques les plus élaborées de recherche, collecte et restitution vibrante d’une information en mouvement.
News - Magnum Foundation grants FPD photographer
NY - The Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund supports photographer Teun Voeten for his Mexico project that was initialized with an FPD grant: The Hell of Juarez.
News - Mediterranean Journalist Award launched during the UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum
(ALEXANDRIA, 07/04/2009) -- International dialogue forum involving UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon kicks off with unveiling of the Anna Lindh Foundation’s regional media prize.
On the opening morning of the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations Forum, the world’s premier event and gathering for intercultural dialogue, the 2009 edition of the Mediterranean Journalist Award was officially launched. >>
News - More support for investigative journalism needed from policymakers
A study on investigative journalism in and on Europe was presented at the European Parliament on 9 October 2012. It was requested by the Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control and executed by Margo Smit for the Belgian Pascal Decroos Fund.
News - NATO Youth Summit looking for young reporters
If you have always envisioned yourself as an international news reporter, this is the right opportunity for you! The application process for MoNYS 2013 Press Room is now open.
News - New website journalismfund.eu
Journalismfund.eu launches its new website today. The application form, archive functions and general lay-out and usability have been improved. At the same time there is a new call for proposals.
News - Nonprofit Funding of Journalism
GERMANY/US - Report on US non-profit funding of journalism shows achievements and limits – and has lessons for Europe.
News - Overview of all FOI laws
AMSTERDAM - FOI expert Roger Vleugels releases a new overview of all FOI laws. The architecture of this overview changed and has now seperate lists for national, sub-national and international FOIAs. 238 FOI laws in 84 countries
News - PUMA.Creative Catalyst Award
An international documentary development fund, offering 40 awards annually of up to 5,000 euros each.
News - Registration #WJEC3 now open
It is now possible to register for the third edition of the World Journalism Education Congress, that will take place in Mechelen (Belgium) from 3 - 5 July 2013.
News - Reporter-in-Residence: a new type of training
A journalist from the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism (RCIJ) will be spending the next three months as a Reporter-in-Residence at The New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR) based at Boston University.
News - Russia bars Ukrainian journalist for 5 years
The Russian Federation has denied Ukrainian journalist Oleg Khomenok entry into the country for the next five years.
News - Shortlist of the Dirk Vandersypen Award 2010
BRUSSELS - 6 films selected for the shortlist of the Dirk Vandersypen Award 2010. The winning filmmaker comes from Peru, VS, Brasil, Spain, UK or Bolivia.
News - SKUP-journalists were targets
In police questioning, the norwegian terrorist accused Anders Behring Breivik (32) said he is the man behind the book "A European declaration of Independence". The book gives detailed information on why and how to attack the SKUP conference, aiming to kill as many journalists as possible.
News - Special side track programme at VVOJ Conference
At VVOJ's European Investigative Journalism Conference the Pascal Decroos Fund will, in cooperation with VVOJ itself, be in charge of a side track of the programme that is specifically aimed at foundations and funds.
News - Study on state of investigative journalism presented to EP Committee
On 9 October 2012 Margo Smit presented to the members of the European Parliamentary Committee for Budgetary Control a study on the state of investigative journalism in the 27 EU member states. The Committee had asked the Pascal Decroos Fund to execute the study.
News - Swedish journalists risk years of imprisonment in Ethiopia
Two Swedish journalists are accused by the Ethiopian authorities of aiding and cooperating with "terrorist organisations". They were apprehended while doing their work in the Ogaden region, where separatist movements are involved in an armed struggle with the central governement in Addis Abeba. MO* participated in the opening session of a high profile court case.
News - The Anna Lindh Journalist Award 2011 launched
ALEXANDRIA - From the 6th of April and until the 15th of July 2011, journalists who are nationals of one of the 43 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean have the opportunity to participate in the Fifth edition of the Anna Lindh Mediterranean Journalist Award.







