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BRUSSELS - On Tuesday 1 October we proudly announced Adessium Foundation as new premium donor. A nice opportunity to look back to what we have been doing and ahead at our plans for the coming months. Most importantly for now: we have € 50,000 to distribute in our upcoming round.

LEIPZIG - The jury of the Leipzig Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media 2013 have decided to exceptionally award a fourth prize this year: news outlet The Guardian and journalist Glenn Greenwald join the laureates that had already been announced before. Among the other laureates are Journalismfund.eu's Brigitte Alfter and Ides Debruyne.

BRUSSELS – Journalismfund.eu is very happy to announce the Dutch Adessium Foundation as a new donor. Over a period of three years, from October 2013 to September 2016, Adessium Foundation will support Journalismfund.eu’s cross-border investigative journalism programme as a premium donor.

TRIESTE - The winners of the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism 2013 have been announced: the Bosnian-Herzegovinian reporter Mahir Šahinović was awarded in the section 'Professional Journalists', Bulgarian Rosen Tsvetkov in the section 'Young Professional Journalists'.

LEIPZIG - Tongam Rina from India, Jörg Armbruster and Martin Durm from Germany as well as

BRUSSELS – The Journalismfund.eu application deadline, initially planned for 16 September, has been postponed to Monday 21 October. Applications that have already been submitted will of course automatically be valid for the new deadline.

BRUSSELS – The Journalismfund.eu General Assembly elected a new Chair during its meeting in Brussels on August 26, 2013. Brigitte Alfter replaces Paul Decroos.

BRUSSELS – Journalismfund.eu has launched a new call for applications for cross-border working grants. Journalists with good ideas for cross-border, European stories can apply for a grant. For this round there is € 33,000 to be distributed.

LEIPZIG - The driving forces behind Journalismfund.eu, Danish-German journalist Brigitte Alfter and Belgian Ides Debruyne, have been awarded the Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media 2013 for their efforts to help secure the future of investigative journalism.