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BRUSSELS - A new year often makes for the perfect moment to glance back at past work. For Journalismfund.eu 2014 proved a year of consolidation and continued growth with a record amount of grant money allocated.

BRUSSELS – Journalismfund.eu is proud to announce that it’s been given a grant of about €190,000 by Open Society Foundations to continue its mission of promoting quality and in-depth journalism in Europe.

We would like to express our sincere condolences to the family, colleagues and friends of the victims of the tragedy that took place at Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris today.

OSLO - One of the journalists behind Norwegian daily Aftenposten's recent investigation into secret surveillance in Oslo will be speaking at Journalismfund.eu's Dataharvest+ Conference 2015. Per Anders Johansen will show how they revealed the secret surveillance of Norway's leaders.

BRUSSELS - In the run-up to our extra application round (deadline 26 January 2015) we are organising a second day of Skype advice sessions with Brigitte Alfter on Tuesday January 6th.

BRUSSELS – Investigative journalist Marina Walker, deputy director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and project manager of their recent #LuxLeaks investigation, will be speaking at Journalismfund.eu’s Dataharvest Conference in May 2015.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has joined forces with the Council of Europe (CoE) and media freedom partner agencies, in launching a new online “rapid reaction” platform for journalists under threats.

BRUSSELS – We are happy to announce an extra application deadline early 2015. Investigative journalists from across Europe who are planning a transnational collaborative story are invited to apply for a working grant.

Former Journalismfund.eu grantee Piret Reiljan and several colleagues at Estonian business news site www.aripaev.ee published an article about a website where unlisted personal mobile phone numbers are published with full names of their owners.