Journalismfund Europe vzw is a Brussels-based independent non‐profit intermediary incorporated by citizens in 1998, dedicated to strengthening democracy across Europe by advancing independent cross-border investigative journalism.
Journalismfund Europe act as an intermediary and firewall between donors and journalists. This intermediary role is essential to enable donors to fund investigative journalism without risk and without compromising the credibility and independence of the journalists or media.
It ultimately serves the public interest, furthers accountability as well as transparency, and contributes to critical thinking and well-informed debate. Journalismfund Europe is one of the three pioneering organisations in the world set up specifically to provide grants available to journalists and media outlets. The other two (who inspired Journalismfund Europe) are the Dutch Fund for In-depth Journalism (°1990) and the American Fund for Investigative Journalism (°1969). Journalismfund Europe works closely with them to share knowledge, modus operandi, etc..
Journalismfund Europe’s flexible grant programmes enable journalists and media to produce relevant stories of public interest with a European mind-set from international, national, and regional perspectives.
Journalismfund Europe respects the editorial independence of its grantees and strives for high journalistic quality and rigour. Where necessary, Journalismfund Europe mentors and supports investigative teams that have strong ideas but lack the experience and infrastructure to work across borders.
Journalismfund Europe’s value chain is built around risk management. At every stage of the application process and of the investigative journalism projects, careful measures are taken to ensure the safety of the journalists, of the project, the donors and of Journalismfund Europe, and to maximise the efficiency of the resources allocated: digital security, confidentiality, contracting, follow-up, reporting, financial control, publication, dissemination, and so on.
Journalismfund Europe serves the European community of journalists interested in developing best practice in journalism. Its overall objective is to promote and improve the profession in response to the challenges and opportunities stemming from internationalisation, digitalisation, and changing revenue models.
Journalismfund Europe focuses on the dissemination and impact of the stories it supports. It works year-round with European networks and the investigative journalism community, including through its International Advisory Board. Journalismfund Europe guarantees a wide and highly targeted dissemination of the call for proposals.
Journalismfund is part of two global networks: The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) and the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD).
We work in English, French, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Hungarian, Dutch and Russian.
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