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The Catalyst Subsidy Fund will provide subsidized consulting services to 20 news organizations through two distinct program tracks: a Growth Track and an Innovation Track. In the Growth Track, ten newsrooms will focus on strengthening their audience and revenue foundations. In the Innovation Track, another ten newsrooms will embark on the high-impact experiments that can drive learning and advancement across the entire sector.
Four grants, each worth 5,000 EUR, will be awarded to teams of journalists, to produce quality investigative journalism that would enhance understanding of AI technology and its impact on the society, including: AI as a technology, Political power and agenda behind AI, Accountability of AI companies, Environmental Impact of AI, AI and Human Rights and more.
This grant aims to address the shortage of independent journalism by providing grants to investigative journalism projects in Europe and encouraging cross-border collaboration with an expert approach. This is for journalists who’d like to take a more scientific and methodical approach to their investigations and thus strengthen their investigations.
This grant programme supports cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or news outlets to conduct investigations into environmental affairs related to geographical Europe.
Are you an independent journalist who closely follows what is happening in the world and would like to report on it? And not only about matters that dominate the front pages of the newspapers and the opening of the news, but also about events in countries that are less in the spotlight? Would you like to make high-level reports abroad? Then this fund is for you!
This grant programme is open for organisations with project proposals for collective development and support services to build the capacities of environmental investigative journalists. It seeks to promote collective development to build the capacities of environmental investigative journalists.
The Voices Awards is an international competition rewarding innovative ideas and changemakers in the fields of journalism and media freedom, which awards 25 projects with €1,200. This amount is intended to cover both the prize money and the necessary travel and accommodation expenses for the winner to attend the Voices
Festival in November, where the winners will be presented.
The Invisible Life grant programme will form part of Journalismfund’s Environmental Investigative Journalism Grant programme, to raise awareness, increase transparency and promote well-informed public debate on food and sustainability by supporting journalists. The focus is on the lives and welfare of farmed animals. The programme is NOT intended to promote activism or a single point of view; rather, it seeks to bring together facts, context and diverse perspectives to enrich and better inform public debate.
The Fund for Investigative Journalism provides grants and other support for reporters to produce high-quality, unbiased, nonpartisan investigative stories that have an impact. Freelance journalists, staff reporters and media outlets are eligible for grants, and their investigations can be for print, online or broadcast stories, books, documentaries or podcasts.
When an autocracy persecutes, scilences, intimidates its critics outside the country, it is referred to as transnational repression. The topic has gained prominance in recent years, as dissidents from russia and belarus have increasingly sought refuge in the EU. But regimes suppress not only activities inside their own borders, but also try to pressure ones in exile.
“China is one of the biggest and most complex stories in the world. That’s why The New York Times has always tried to have correspondents on the ground who can get under the surface and report out the nuances. But the Chinese authorities have long been wary of foreign journalists. They restrict their access, surveil their movements and sometimes expel them outright.”
Nicaraguan journalists who sought refuge in Costa Rica say they are facing surveillance and intimidation linked to the Ortega regime. The reports suggest that repression extends beyond Nicaragua’s borders, undermining Costa Rica’s role as a safe haven and exposing the growing risks of transnational repression for journalists who continue reporting from exile.
Across much of Asia, a quiet transformation is taking place in journalism. While many established news organizations continue to grapple with declining advertising revenue, shifting audience behavior, platform dependence, and growing competition for attention, a diverse group of independent digital publishers is attempting to chart a different course.
What do Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser, Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan have in common? All were prosecuted in the name of “national security” between 2020 and 2026. They are far from isolated cases. From Gaza to Hong Kong to Managua, 100s of journalists are being targeted for providing citizens with reliable news.
A new GIJN feature explores how investigative journalists from Turkey, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and Georgia collaborate across borders to uncover corruption and environmental crime in the Black Sea region. The story highlights how international partnerships, shared expertise and secure cross-border reporting help sustain accountability journalism under increasing political pressure.
Nicaraguan independent outlet CONFIDENCIAL marks three decades of investigative journalism under growing repression. Founder and editor Carlos F. Chamorro reflects on newsroom raids, forced exile and the transformation of the outlet into a transnational newsroom. The story shows how exiled journalists adapt their work, maintain audience trust and continue reporting despite censorship.
Media development actors and funders globally are grappling with how best to measure results. An updated version of the IMS impact assessment tool is out now. It is also translated into six different language. The tool help editorial teams measure the impact of media projects based on effective ways to define targets and track progress and results.
A coalition of human rights organizations warns that Vietnamese authorities are expanding repression beyond national borders, targeting journalists and critics living in Thailand. The cases of exiled journalists Truong Duy Nhat and Duong Van Thai highlight the risks faced by independent reporters abroad, including surveillance, intimidation, detention and threats of forced return.