Dec 15, Call for Proposals: Reporting Democracy Grants for Journalists

Reporting Democracy is inviting journalists from Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe to submit proposals for compelling stories that shed light on democracy issues facing the region.

This grant opportunity aims to support analytical and investigative journalism, advocate for media freedom, and amplify voices addressing social justice, the rule of law, minority rights, equality, access to public services and other topics pertinent to human rights.

Journalists are encouraged to pitch story ideas on relevant subjects falling under the umbrella of Reporting Democracy.

Grants, each valued 2,000 euros, are available for professional freelance or staff journalists with proposals for investigative, analytical or feature pieces.

Reporting Democracy will provide editorial support and a platform for publishing and distributing selected stories.

General rules for the call for applications:

Grants are available to journalists from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, Moldova, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

Formal applicants can be individual journalists (working as part of newsroom structures as well as freelancers) or teams (e.g., reporter, producer, photographer, video editor) with the designated team leader being the contract signatory.

A maximum of ten grants will be awarded in this cycle, and each applicant may submit only one application under this grant scheme.

The maximum amount per grant is 2,000 euros.

Cross-border approaches are encouraged

Eligible expenses include fees, travel expenses and various production costs (documents, videographer, photographer, etc).

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Call for Proposals: Reporting Democracy Grants for Journalists

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