Audience-Engaged Journalism Grants

• Eligibility Criteria:
  – Applicants shall be media outlets based from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Serbia and Slovakia.
• Type of funding: Grant
• Target countries: Southeast and Central Europe
• Application language: English

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) is inviting media outlets interested in connecting with their audiences and reporting on original stories that will make an impact to apply for Audience-Engaged Journalism Grants.

The selected grantees will undergo a four-day training programme that will be offered online, as well as on-the-job mentoring by BIRN editors on how to use and implement innovative, effective audience-engagement tools for investigative community-based reporting.

Individual grants will be awarded to selected media outlets that wish to cover national/regional/local topics on their own. On the other hand, collaborative grants will be awarded to selected media outlets that want to investigate cross-border issues with a media partner.

See here to learn more and apply.

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