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BRUSSELS - Today Journalismfund.eu opens two new grant programmes for environmental journalism: one for cross-border teams of journalists and news outlets to investigate environmental affairs, and one for organisations to develop training and support services.

The two programmes will provide more than 9 million euro in direct support over a course of six years, an unprecedented financial injection for independent investigative journalism in Europe.

BRUSSELS - Teams of Belgian and Dutch journalists can again apply for grants for local investigative journalism at Journalismfund.eu vzw. After a successful pilot project last year, Flemish Minister of Media Dalle is making 75,000 euros available for this purpose.

BRUSSELS - Journalismfund.eu vzw again offers grants for scientific journalism research. The Vice-Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister of Science Policy, Hilde Crevits, provides additional support.

BRUSSELS - Journalismfund.eu is hiring a Project Coordinator for its Earth Investigations Programme.

LONDON/BRUSSELS - Journalismfund.eu announces today the creation of The Earth Investigations Programme. The new grants programme, established with a gift of 11.5 million euros over six years from Arcadia, will support environmental investigative journalism on European affairs in and outside Europe.

The Global Investigative Journalism Network published an online chapter on investigating human trafficking, written by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Martha Mendoza.

BRUSSELS - Today Journalismfund.eu reveals two jury members of its Money Trail grant programme: Ritu Sarin from India and Catherine Gicheru from Kenya are both outstanding personalities with an impressive track record in collaborative investigative journalism.

BRUSSELS - In 2020 Journalismfund.eu supported 153 investigations by 319 journalists from 48 countries. The increasing number of projects proves that Journalismfund.eu is responding to a growing need for support for independent investigative journalism.

BRUSSELS - Journalismfund.eu gladly welcomed the European Commission’s new call to support investigative journalism. Together with OBC Transeuropa, Journalismfund.eu submitted a proposal for a grant and training programme to support European cross-border investigative journalism, including a special track for local journalism.