Ides Debruyne

Ides Debruyne is co-founder and since 2001 Managing Director of Journalismfund.eu, an independent non‐profit organisation established in 1998 with the purpose of stimulating in-depth cross-border journalism in Europe. Ides is also the co-founder of the Dutch-Flemish Association of Investigative Journalists (VVOJ).

He is the founder and chair of “Scriptie vzw”, a non profit organisation that promotes science communication in the Dutch speaking region of Belgium:

• The Flemish Dissertation Award – www.scriptieprijs.be
• The Flemish Dissertation database www.scriptiebank.be
• The Flemish PhD-cup – www.phdcup.be
• Science Figured Out – www.sciencefiguredout.be

In 2013 he and his former colleague Brigitte Alfter won the ‘Prize for the Freedom and Future of Media. (Germany - Leipzig)

Ides Debruyne is a member of De Loep jury (since 2017) and the jury of the Erasmusprijs 2018. (The Netherlands)

Ides Debruyne studied visual arts (painting) at Luca, School of Art in Ghent (Belgium).
Contact: ides.debruyne [at] journalismfund.eu or +32 2 705 59 19

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/idesdebruyne/
Twitter: @idesdebruyne