2018-02-20

We are pleased to announce the next upcoming deadline. Investigative journalists from across Europe who are planning a transnational collaborative story are invited to apply for a working grant.

Teams consisting of at least two journalists from different European countries can apply for research grants for a cross-border story until 1st May 2018 at 11.59 pm Brussels time.

The European cross-border grant programme is one of Journalismfund.eu's main grant programmes. It aims to promote quality cross-border and in-depth, independent journalism.

Interested journalists can read more about the grant programme and eligibility criteria here.

 

€ 1,5 million to investigative journalism withdrawn upon struggle about editorial independence

2010-12-20

BRUSSELS - 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 However last week the money has been withdrawn following a long struggle about editorial independence and editorial confidentiality.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.

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Fresh mapping of non-profit Investigative Journalism in Europe

2012-03-25

HAMBURG - For all the progress investigative journalism in Europe has made in the past decade, the amount of academic research on the topic has remained discomfortingly small. One of the first to turn the tide is Florentine Guia Baggi, who explored the matter and documented it in her thesis.

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OCCRP Condemns Jail Sentence for Khadija Ismayilova (and so does Journalismfund.eu)

2015-09-02

BAKU - On 1 September 2015, investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who has written numerous hard-hitting stories on corruption in Azerbaijan, was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison by the Azerbaijani authorities.

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