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Sandcastle Europe
BRUSSELS – 7 / 10 / 2010 – A writer and a photographer from Belgium have spent several years to document the migrants on their way to the EU and inside the EU. There is no fortress Europe, they conclude – it is rather a sandcastle. Because “you cannot secure a continent against newcomers”. Right now the EU is paying Libya millions of euro to keep refugees from the promised European coasts of the Mediterranean. How can journalists cover the question appropriately?
Fresh report on non-profit journalism in the US
Report on US non-profit funding of journalism shows achievements and limits. The study aims to be the starting point for a discussion on the development of innovative models for quality journalism in Germany.
Four new teams got support
4 / OCTOBER / 2011 – Today the jury of Journalismfund.eu decided to grant working grants in the value of € 15.000 to four teams who plan to work on cross-border stories.
Journalismfund.eu - next round
Do you have a lead to a good cross-border or European story? There is now a month and a few days until the next round of applications for research grants by Journalismfund.eu.
The deadline is January 10th 2012.
Read the Rules for Application and follow the advice in How to Apply .
Applications for € 88.000
23 SEPTEMBER 2011 / 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.
Call for applications
BRUSSELS – 12 / 8 / 2011 – 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.
€ 1,5 million to investigative journalism withdrawn upon struggle about editorial independence
BRUSSELS - 20 / 12 / 2010 - The European Parliament allocated € 1,5 million to investigative journalism research grants in 2010 and 2011. However last week the money has been withdrawn following a long struggle about editorial independence and editorial confidentiality. But the MEPs behind the project vow to continue the work in 2011.
Brussels debate on funding of journalism is wakening up
BRUSSELS - 2 / 12 / 2010 - 1,1 million euro to investigative journalism research grants! The European Parliament allocated the money for a pilot project, the call for proposals is out, and the news have stirred a debate in Brussels. Even if that was the only effect, the initiative by the EP would have been worth the while.
1,1 million euro for journalistic research grants
BRUSSELS – 19 / 10 / 2010 - UPDATED 15 / 11 / 2010 - Journalists with a good idea for an investigative story with a European angle can now apply for research grants from the European Union. 1,1 million Euro will be distributed in two rounds of applications. The first deadline is on January 15th 2011.
French-Belgian journalismfund one year old and optimistic
BRUSSELS – 26 /9 / 2010 - The Flemish community in Belgium has had a journalismfund for ten years giving work grants to journalists or small teams, who want to do in-dept research. Last week the journalismfund for the French community in Belgium held its first anniversary – with strong results and an optimistic future.
Money to stories all over Europe
BRUSSELS - 5 / 7 / 2010 – Almost € 21.000 have been distributed to five teams of journalists. This is the 3rd round of research grants for cross-border and European research stories. Interest keeps growing.
Not like an old-fashioned journalist
BRUSSELS – 30 / 5 / 2010 – Old and new journalist thinking clash in English crowd-sourcing project. In Birmingham journalists and non-journalists cooperate and the ongoing research is visible before publication. Similar thoughts are surfacing among it-programmers dealing with tasks that usually were taken care of by journalists. Time to take up an inspiring challenge.
Follow the money (to a European debate)
BRUSSELS – 5 / 5 / 2010 – One way of achieving a European public sphere could be through pooling journalistic research power and publishing to national audiences by language. One example is the common effort on analysing the latest data of the EU farmsubsidy beneficiaries.
Interest for research grants keeps growing
BRUSSELS – 15 / 6 / 2010 UPDATE 17 / 6 / 2010 – At the deadline for applications to research grants for European journalistic research, 27 journalists or teams of journalists had applied. More than in any of the previous rounds.
Research grants work!
BRUSSELS – 28 / 4 / 2010 - Alternative funding for investigative journalism is on everybody’s lips these days. Because it is necessary. But people are puzzled. How to pay for it? How to safeguard credibility? And does it work? Research grants seem to be a good tool: This weekend the Global Shining Light Award for investigative journalism was won by a Scoop supported team for the second time.
Call for proposals with new options
BRUSSELS – 17 / 4 / 2010 update 5 / 6 / 2010– Journalismfund.eu now can distribute another round of research grants. If journalists have a good idea for an investigative story but lack time or money to carry out the research, they can apply for funding. As a new option this call not only offers support for cross-border stories but also for European affairs stories.
Brussels quarrel part of a larger trend?
BRUSSELS - 21 / 4 / 2010 - Who is going to pay for investigative journalism in the future? Stakeholders will, argue two researchers, who have analysed recent developments. But what about objectivity and credibility?
Denmark considers funding for investigative journalism
BRUSSELS - 24 / 3 / 2010 - The governing Danish liberal party Venstre has suggested to grant five million Danish crowns or € 670.000 to a pilot project on support for investigative reporting.
New research grants for journalists in Africa
BRUSSELS – 28 / 1 / 2010 – Numerous African reporters have contacted Journalismfund.eu for funding. Now new research grants are made available for four Western African countries. Recent examples show, that African reporters very much are interested in the same subjects for cross-border research as European ones.
44 journalists want to dig deeper
BRUSSELES - 12 / 11 / 2009 - Journalismfund.eu just has closed the 2nd round of applications for research stipendia. A first screening shows more applicants than in the first round and very targeted applications, most of them for clearly investigative stories.
New call for applications
BRUSSELS – 8 / 10 / 2009 – Do you have a good idea for a journalistic story that really could make a difference? Do you have colleagues in other countries you trust and cooperate with? Do you need funding for travelling, translations or simply time to document your assumption? Then maybe the European Fund for Investigative Journalism can give you a research grant.
British top-journalists start investigative journalism fund
BRUSSELS – 23 / 6 / 09 - A British Fund for Investigative Journalism has been founded by a group of Britain’s most experienced investigative reporters. The new fund is to be brought to life as an incubator for ideas regarding investigations as well as innovative fundraising methods.
Optimistic: American journalists on the way to new funding models for journalism
BRUSSELS – 21 / 6 / 2009 – The annnual conference for investigative reporters and editors in the US is a good indicator for the general mood among colleagues ‘over there’. And the mood this year was great. Not only were there plenty of good stories, but even more importantly: There was also an entire movement of ideas on how to fund investigative journalism.
Idea of research grants gaining ground
BRUSSELS – 31/ 5 / 09 - The idea of research grants for investigative journalism is gaining ground – nationally and on European level. Three new grants under preparation.
COMMENT Can data based journalism help fund the media?
BRUSSELS – 10 / 5 / 2009 – It almost sounds too good to be true! You get better journalism, because your research is based upon hard facts. And you get surplus material, that then can be used in order to generate money for your media. A pure dream? At least a dream serious enough, that a large media house experiments with it.
Investigative methods for sale?
BRUSSELS - 21 / 4 / 2009 - Two investigative reporters of the Wall Street Journal recently left to set up their own company - selling investigative methods to whoever pays. Their newspaper was changing identity, too fast, too snappy. Meanwhile established media moan about loss of readers. And everybody is talking about finding new ways. Hear the BBC debate about alternative ways of funding investigative journalism.
New overview over support for quality journalism in Europe
BRUSSELS - 13 / 4 / 2009 - The German think tank Friedrich Ebert Stiftung has made an overview over support models for quality journalism. Journalismfund.eu is not among them yet - but both its models are mentioned.
Can a mix of philantropy and low-profit save newspapers?
BRUSSELS - 13 / 04 / 2009 - A new bill in the US state of Illinois may give new options ot save newspapers, Huffington Post writes. The law establishes a new company model, the low-profit limited liability company or L3C, which allows to combine philantropy and low-profit business.
Overwhelming interest for European research grants
BRUSSELS – 29/03/2009 – There is an overwhelming interest for research grants to do European journalism. 29 journalists in 18 teams applied for 145.000 Euro. The jury thus will have a number of interesting applications to choose among when it distributes the 20.000 Euro for the grants of the pilot phase.
"The Business of Bribes": new US investigative journalism project launched
BRUSSELS - 12/3/09 - A new investigative reporting programme is launched in the US - with alternative funding. The project is called "The Business of Bribes".
Research grant model wins another award
BRUSSELS – 10 / 3 / 2009 – Two Macedonien journalists supported with a work grant by the Danish Scoop project were awarded with a national journalism price. Surely the team is happy, but in itself not big news. Yet in the six-year story of the Scoop project, this is the 14th of national and international awards won by colleagues working on Scoop research grants.
Editors wish succes to the European Fund
BRUSSELS– 26 / 2 / 2009 – COMMENT - The Editors Weblog of the World Association of Newspapers has published an interview with Journalismfund.eu director Brigitte Alfter and concludes it’s article saying: “Hopefully they will succeed.”
Do you have the story that matters?
BRUSSELS - 20/2/2009 - Do you have a good idea for a journalistic story, that really could make a difference? Maybe it could even become a good example for others? Do you need funding for travelling, translations and time to research it? Do you have colleagues in other countries you trust and cooperate with? Then maybe the European Fund for Investigative Journalism can give you a research grant. In this round € 20.000 are to be distributed. Deadline for this round of applications is March 23rd at 8 am.
Integrity award to investigative journalists
BRUSSELS - 20/2/2009 - Two investigative journalists have been awarded the Integrity Award by Transparency International. David Leigh from the Guardian in London and Roman Shleynov from Novaya Gazeta in Moscow are praised for their investigative reporting.
Non-profit journalism on the raise in the US
BRUSSELS - 10 / 7 / 2009 - Non-profit journalism is on the raise in the United States. Big time! Within a month Associated Press announced a new wire carrying only non-profit investigative stories, the Knight Foundation announced it's 15 million dollar support for investigative journalism, and now an investigative journalism network was established with the Pocantico Declaration.
Could a non-profit model save the newspaper industry?
BRUSSELS - 20/2/2009 - Could the non-profit model be the saviour the newspaper industry has been looking for? This question was prompted by a New York Times op-ed on 28 January, which proposed that America's "most valued sources of news" should become non-profit institutions funded by endowments. Animated responses to this article, both positive and negative, have appeared throughout the media since.
Innovative ways of generating income in journalism
Crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, online marketplaces, monetizing, … Vocabulary to survive digitization. How professional journalism could escape sudden death. Beamsup, Iamnews, Associated Content, Contenture, Publish2, Global For Media and Spot.us are experimenting with new models.
Reporting does make a difference
BRUSSELS 20/02/2009 - Independent news matter, writes Eduardo Porter in an editorial at the New York Times. "The argument that if newspapers go bust there will be nobody covering city hall is true. It’s also true that corruption will rise, legislation will more easily be captured by vested interests and voter turnout will fall," he argues.
New support for Journalismfund.eu
BRUSSELS – 7 / 9 / 09 – Journalismfund.eu has received €114.000 from the Open Society Institute. This will allow two new rounds of grants during the autumn and winter, and it will allow Journalismfund.eu to take crucial steps forward to establish itself as a strong organisation.