First Journalismfund.eu story: Slave workers in Central Europe

BRUSSELS – 24 / 1 / 2010 - First research supported by Journalismfund.eu published. The story immediately was quoted in numerous media in several countries. Romanian journalists had heard a rumour about workers in being lured from outside the EU to the Czech Republic where they work under slave like conditions. The story is researched and published now – but the journalists could not have done it without support from Journalismfund.eu.  
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Assessment criteria

Each proposal will be assessed by the individual jurors on the basis of 10 criteria. For each criterion the juror will give a score of 0 (the proposal absolutely fails to meet the criterion) to 10 (the proposal fulfils the criterion completely).
The criteria have a relative weight in relation to each other.

The end result is a score out of 1000. An average is taken from the scores that the 4 jurors award the proposal. A proposal that achieves an average of less than 600 out of 1000 will not be eligible for a work grant.

Criterion

Relative weight

Added value compared to mainstream coverage / a forgotten story

16

Relevance in society

12

Originality and innovative ideas

10

Original and/or innovative research methods

8

Feasibility

10

Experience of the applicant/references

4

Saleability / newsworthiness / publication in several countries

11

Work effort requirement

8

Cross border aspect

11

Networking between colleagues in different countries, common research

10

Total

100