Supported projects

VELENJE - Primary target audience: Local and regional communities in the Šaleška and Koroška regions, including ethnic minorities, low-income families, and foreign residents facing integration challenges. The audience is diverse in terms of age and gender, with a strong focus on community-oriented ...

MONTREUIL - By amplifying the voices of independent media, the platform will provide improved access to information for marginalised groups that these outlets aim to serve. It will also bring greater visibility to issues often overlooked by mainstream media.

TAVIRA - The primary target audience consists of local communities in the Algarve, with a particular focus on migrants and residents who do not speak Portuguese, as well as young people who are less connected to traditional media formats. The project serves regional audiences and addresses both ...

ATHENS - The primary target audience comprises young people and marginalised communities at the national level, particularly those disproportionately affected by police misconduct, such as Roma, migrants, and refugees. The project also seeks to engage wider civil society, including students and ...

FARO - The primary target audience consists of secondary school students in the Algarve (Portugal), from a variety of social and cultural backgrounds, as well as their families and teachers. This represents a diverse group in terms of age, gender, and ethnicity. 

TORINO – The project targets a national audience of individuals aged 18 and over, of all genders and diverse ethnic backgrounds.

BRUSSELS - A maze of European subsidy rules has created a lucrative niche: grant consultants. These consultancy firms earn substantial sums by assisting researchers with their subsidy applications. This raises a fundamental question: does current research policy steer science too much towards ...

PRAGUE / KYIV – Regenerative agriculture is an approach to farming that is climate-resilient, restoring soil health, increasing biodiversity and strengthening rural communities. The project examines farms that have successfully implemented new strategies to highlight what works in practice and why.

BRUSSELS - Agriculture in Flanders is facing challenges. Caught between expanding cities and ever-growing nature reserves, farmers are striving to produce food for a growing (global) population.

PRAGUE - This investigation uncovers a secretive porn empire’s dominance, hidden ownership, lawsuits, financial evasions, industry threats, and struggles with new regulation.

PRAGUE / TIRANA / WEINSTADT – This project explores the surprising new roles of Czech military bunkers, which were once part of the defence system built in the 1930s. Brno’s 10-Z shelter has been revived by historian Pavel Paleček, who has turned it into a museum, cultural venue and unconventional ...

GUINGAMP - The primary targets are Brittany-based French-speaking and Breton-speaking
people. It focuses on local environmental and social issues but it can have an impact on a national scale thanks to our media partners.

BRUSSELS – The target audience for this project is young people aged between 18 and 30, predominantly from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds. They often grow up in urban areas and/or come from diverse ethnic or cultural backgrounds. This group tends to feel underrepresented by government ...

BUDAPEST – The primary target audience of Magyar Hang comprises individuals seeking independent political, social, and cultural news from a centre-right and conservative perspective—an audience that is currently underserved by the Hungarian media landscape.

PERPIGNAN – The project aims to directly engage young people aged 18 to 25 living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods of Perpignan, who face multiple forms of discrimination (social, ethnic, territorial) and are often disconnected from journalism—both as readers and as potential contributors.

BANJA LUKA – The primary target audience of the project is local and regional, with a focus on underserved communities across Bosnia and Herzegovina. This includes marginalised groups such as low-income workers, ethnic minorities (e.g. Roma), persons with disabilities, single parents, and young ...

GENOA – The project will primarily benefit residents of local areas within the province of Genoa and the wider Liguria region. These communities are often excluded from national media narratives and lack access to in-depth, fact-based reporting on local issues that directly affect their daily lives.

DAUGAVPILS - The primary audience are seniors aged 65+ in the Latgale region, both Russian- and Latvian-speaking. The secondary audience are younger residents, with the aim of sparking intergenerational dialogue across Latvia.

BEREGOVO - Journalists embarked on a journey along the Tisza River to investigate the sources of pollution in one of Central and Eastern Europe's major waterways.

DAMASCUS – Following the collapse of the Assad regime, it emerged that at least 3,700 children had gone missing in Syria. They were either arrested alongside their parents or born to political prisoners in jail. Nobody knows where they are today. Have they been killed and buried in mass graves ...

MYDLOVARY - In the middle of Europe, a contaminated legacy of the Soviet nuclear program has turned into a lucrative opportunity for the waste industry. This investigation reveals that companies continue to dump millions of tons of old tyres, shoes, and even hazardous waste.

TREGOSA – SETE JORNAL is a Portuguese publication based in the city of Barcelos, in the north of the country. Freely accessible, the project is aimed at anyone wishing to engage in civic and democratic scrutiny of the decisions made by the Municipality of Barcelos, thereby contributing to the fight ...

SLOVENSKE GORICE – The primary target audience is the local population of Slovenske gorice, particularly those living in rural villages with limited access to independent media. The project is designed to reach a broad mix of age groups, genders, and ethnic minorities through inclusive, community ...

IAȘI – “Neighbouring Iași” is a community journalism project aimed at expanding our coverage to the suburbs surrounding Iași (Romania), specifically—but not exclusively—Miroslava, Rediu, and Valea Lupului.

BARCELONA – Women working in the care sector in the Barcelona area (region of Catalonia), who often also perform domestic work, face additional challenges related to their immigrant status.

PALERMO / MATI - The Mediterranean wildfire crisis is not simply a product of climate change and bad luck. Fundamental policy failures that have undermined forest protection across Southern Europe lie at its core.

ELBLAG - The primary target audience is local youth aged 15–25, a marginalised group in regional media. The project also engages educators, parents, and civic institutions, focusing on diversity, inclusion, and strengthening democratic participation.

CLUJ-NAPOCA/KOLOZSVAR - They are a regional outlet covering the 1-million ethnic Hungarian minority community living in the Transylvania region of Romania.

ALTO MINHO - The primary target audience consists of residents in the Alto Minho region (regional or local) who consume our news content through our video content available on YouTube, social networks and our website. With the proposed mobile application, they aim to significantly expand and ...

LAZIO/ CATALONIA/ MADRID - “Madness companies” is a follow-up investigation for the Journalismfund-supported project “The Business of madness”. It focuses on how transnational companies specialised in elderly residential care are “assaulting” the more profitable psychiatric care, taking advantage ...