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The Environmental Investigative Journalism programme supports cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or news outlets investigating illegal, unreported, and unregulated environmental issues linked to European interests, both within and beyond Europe.
This grant programme supports activities and services for environmental investigative journalism as a whole. It seeks to promote collective development to build the capacities of environmental investigative journalists.
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) announce a call for expressions of interests to participate in a week-long hostile environment and awareness training (HEAT) near Vienna, Austria, for journalists in the South Caucasus, the Western Balkans, Moldova and Ukraine.
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.
The European Union Creative Europe programme (cross-sectoral strand) has launched the 6th yearly call for cross-border collaborative proposals between news media organisations focusing on innovative business models and/or journalistic projects across Europe. The competition is open to organisations from Georgia and Ukraine.
The Journalist Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute is one of the world’s leading schemes for practising, mid-career journalists to take some time out from their day jobs to explore journalism in depth. The majority of our Journalist Fellows are fully-funded and they also receive a stipend to cover living and travel costs.
In response to growing threats against media professionals, EMIF has launched the SAFE Initiative to provide urgent support and resources that protect the safety and resilience of those fighting disinformation and defending democratic dialogue.
The European Commission is launching a new call as part of its Creative Europe Programme for innovative cross-border media literacy projects. Applications will be accepted from 23 October 2025 until 11 March 2026. The call for proposals has been launched under the cross-sectoral strand of the Creative Europe Programme, which is open to Georgia and Ukraine.
The award-winning European Cross-border Grant programme receives further funding to continue its mission. The new grant programme aims to connect academics, industry professionals, and subject matter experts with local, regional, national, and investigative journalists.
The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) recognises that physical threats to the life, safety, wellbeing, and security of journalists and media organisations remain a serious concern in many European countries. The recent actions of some governments in passing laws that restrict the right to freedom of expression and freedom of the media suggest that there is a need for advocacy against such laws or to improve existing legislation.
ECPMF’s Journalists-in-Residence (JiR) programme offers temporary shelter for journalists facing harassment and intimidation as a direct result of their work. Journalists get the chance to rest and recuperate in a safe and discreet place, and also to continue their investigative work at their own pace and use their time in Leipzig for networking and finding solidarity.
When a newsroom is forced into exile, relocation is often described as hope: physical safety, freedom of expression, open internet access, and the ability to publish without censorship. In practice, however, the main challenge quickly moves from physical security to survival and continuity.
“A blogger and journalist from Russia. Left the country due to persecution for anti-war articles. Received political asylum in France. I write about my new life.”
Follow the Money seeks to collaborate with freelance and media-outlet journalists to produce paid, high-impact investigative stories that expose wrongdoing and hold powerful actors accountable. Their focus includes abuses of power across politics, finance, media, and corporate sectors, with topics ranging from EU corruption and greenwashing to hidden assets of oligarchs.
Since Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, almost every independent journalist has been exiled from Russia. For more than three years, journalists in exile have tried to continue their work from afar in a concerted effort to preserve the service of truth. Ten days ago, the Kremlin added Kostyuchenko to its list of foreign agents.
Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, has called for greater international support for Afghan journalists and media outlets, both inside the country and in exile, saying they are the primary defenders and documenters of what is happening under Taliban rule.
Ivan Kolpakov is the editor-in-chief at Meduza, the largest independent media outlet focusing on Russia. The organization has been in exile since Kolpakov co-founded the organization in 2014 with Galina Timchenko. DW Akademie spoke to the journalist and editor about what it is like to spend more than a decade reporting on his country from abroad.
Nasir Andisha, Acting Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, said at the International Symposium on Freedom of Expression that the international community must continue supporting Afghan media and free expression and should not allow the Taliban to silence these freedoms. The symposium opened today (Friday, November 21) in Berlin.