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AFRICA – Benon Herbert Oluka, GIJN Africa editor, selected 10 investigative stories that GIJN considers to be among the very best by sub-Saharan African journalists in 2021. Two of them were supported by Journalismfund.eu.

BRUSSELS – Journalismfund.eu talked to Arnaud De Decker, a young Belgian journalist who received his first grant as a journalist when he was 21 years old to investigate the situation of Nepalis after the dike breach in 2017. 

KYIV - The Ukrainian Investigative Journalists Conference 2021 took place in Kyiv, Ukraine from 2 to 4 December, and Journalismfund.eu presented in one session.

ONLINE - The Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2021 took place from 1 to 5 November, and Journalismfund.eu presented in one session.

Congratulations to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov on this important recognition which confirms the crucial role of journalism for democracy. 

BERLIN - The winners of the 2021 European Press Prize were announced on June 3 with an interactive online winner announcement. At the Community Event in Berlin on September 23, both the 2020 and 2021 laureates were finally celebrated again. 

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.