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€900,000 of grants awarded to media organisations to report on global development challenges

Supporting sustainable and impactful journalistic coverage is essential to increase public awareness for, and interest in, the many challenges and solutions contained within global development and the Sustainable Development Goals. The European Development Journalism Grants programme supports journalistic media organisations with its year-long reporting projects about global development topics.

Grants of up to €120,000 now available for newsroom reporting on global development

Media organisations can now apply for the last round of the European Development Journalism Grants programme. Eight grants worth €112,500 on average each will be awarded to media outlets in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom to report on global development topics during the course of one year. The deadline to apply is 8 February 2021 at 11:59 pm CET (deadline extended from 18 January).

€940,000 of grants awarded to media organisations to report on global development challenges

Supporting sustainable and impactful journalistic coverage is essential to increase public awareness for, and interest in, the many challenges and solutions contained within global development and the Sustainable Development Goals. The European Development Journalism Grants programme supports journalistic media organisations with its year-long reporting projects about global development topics.

€900,000 of grants for media organisations to report on global development challenges

Media organisations can now apply for the latest round of the European Development Journalism Grants programme. Eight grants worth up to €120,000 each will be awarded to media outlets in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom to report on global development topics during the course of one year.

€800k of European grants awarded for innovative development reporting

The European Journalism Centre is pleased to announce that the European Publishers Reporting Grants, aiming to foster an innovative approach to global development coverage, have been awarded to Society (France), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), de Volkskrant (the Netherlands), VPRO (the Netherlands), CNN (UK), ELLE UK (UK) and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (UK).

European Journalism Centre announces new grants for innovative reporting on development

The European Journalism Centre today launched three grant programmes for freelancers and media organisations that will fund stories to inform public opinion and change the way people understand development issues.

Disclosing the world’s biggest issues: a crash course from De Correspondent

In August we showed you how Spiegel Online’s project - Expedition Beyond Tomorrow - is taking constructive journalism to the newsroom level. In September, we let you explore Die Welt’s year-long reporting on water issues. Today, we’re giving you an insight into De Correspondent’s crash course on Global Goals.

Can I get some water? - A fresh take on water issues by Die Welt

In 2015, we awarded grants of €150.000 each to four media publishers to support long-term innovative development reporting. In this interview series, we invite you to take a look at what our grantees at Spiegel Online, Die Welt, Dagens Nyheter and De Correspondent have been busy with. In August we showed you how Spiegel Online’s project - Expedition Beyond Tomorrow - is taking constructive journalism to the newsroom level. Today, we let you explore Die Welt’s year-long reporting on water.

Expedition Beyond Tomorrow: constructive journalism from Spiegel Online

In November 2015, the European Journalism Centre awarded grants of €150.000 to four media publishers to support long-term innovative development reporting. Starting today, we invite you to take a look at what our grantees at Spiegel Online, Die Welt, Dagens Nyheter and De Correspondent have been busy with.

EJC announces the winners of the special funding round for European media

The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is delighted to announce the winners of the special funding round for European media launched as part of its Innovation in Development Reporting (IDR) Grant Programme. A combined total of €600.000 will be awarded to Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), De Correspondent (the Netherlands), SPIEGEL ONLINE (Germany) and WeltN24 (Germany) with the aim to support one-year-long innovative storytelling on global development.

​Innovation in Development Reporting Grant Programme Special Edition: Proposal Guidelines

​Innovation in Development Reporting Grant Programme Special Edition: Guidelines for submitting a funding proposal

EJC launches special funding round for European media

The European Journalism Centre (EJC) launches a special call for funding proposals within its Innovation in Development Reporting (IDR) Grant Programme.