Environmental Investigative Journalism

 

Overview and key criteria

The Environmental Investigative Journalism programme supports cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or news outlets investigating illegal, unreported, and unregulated environmental issues linked to European interests, both within and beyond Europe. 

Supported investigations must result in publications in at least two media outlets based in different countries, with at least one being a European outlet targeting European audiences.

Next to investigations of environmental issues that transcend borders, this programme can also support and stimulate investigations that compare local environmental issues and policies between two or more places. 

Your proposal should include a hypothesis and proposed methodology for a journalistic investigation, as well as a detailed budget. 

Financial assistance provided under this programme may cover costs related to working time and a range of expenses, including logistics, insurance, legal support, as well as access to technology and data sets.

In addition to funding, teams can get support from a mentor.

Grant rules 

Please read in full before starting your application:

• Environmental Investigative Journalism grant rules and eligibility criteria.
• Journalismfund Europe's General Grant Rules.

The Environmental Investigative Journalism grant proragmme is part of a larger initiative, The Earth Investigations Programme, supported by Arcadia.

Thematic focus

The investigation must be focusing on the environmental issues relevant for European audiences anywhere on the European continent (islands included).  

More than 200 investigations have already been published under this programme since 2022. You can find them here (please use the filter on the left to check if investigations on certain themes had already already received funding).

Building a team and a successful collaboration

We have some tips on how to find investigative journalists in other countries to team up with, as well as some advice from our grantees and other experts on making this collaboration work. Find them here.

More information

To see all the details about the eligibility and assessment criteria, timing, jury and grant conditions, visit our application portal.

Please be advised that if any details (such as full addresses) or documents (IDs, CVs, articles of incorporation) are missing when your application is submitted, it will be considered ineligible.

Need help?

We are interested to hear your ideas and  to assist you with any questions. Please do not hesitate to contact us via:

• Telephone: +32 2 705 59 19
• Mail: werkbeurzen [at] fondspascaldecroos.org (earth[at]journalismfund[dot]eu)
• Or schedule a videocall