JX Fund – European Fund for Journalism in Exile

The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship provides academic and professional opportunities to advance the reporting skills of women and nonbinary  journalists who focus on human rights and social justice.

This grant can be awarded to cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or news outlets to conduct investigations into environmental affairs related to Europe.

This grant and mentoring programme aims to address the shortage of independent journalism by providing grants to investigative journalism projects in Europe and encouraging cross-border collaboration.

CFI, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), SINGA and Maison des journalistes (MDJ) are launching a new project to support and accompany journalists and media in exile in Paris, in order to make France one of the main destinations for journalists in exile.

Reporting on climate and energy issues is the focus of the German-Central Eastern European Program. Founded in 2018, the program is the first IJP fellowship program to focus on climate as a single issue.

The Call aims at supporting projects from independent fact-checking organisations, which play a key role in limiting the negative effects of disinformation on the public discourse and democratic processes.

How can the media development community support exiled media outlets to survive and continue their work? By asking this question, this report aims to contribute to a shared understanding of the issues exiled media outlets face, but also highlight strategies they are deploying to overcome challenges.

Online abuse stifles freedom of expression, undermines equity and inclusion, and threatens livelihoods. In the United States and around the world, it has become a major occupational hazard, affecting everyone from scientists and academics to election officials and journalists.

The proportion of people avoiding news content is alarmingly high. That has implications for news organizations seeking to grow, engage, and inform audiences. That, in turn, limits the ability of those titles to hold power to account.

The newly published “Press Freedom in Europe: Time to turn the Tide” report highlights the persistent use of spyware technology to surveil media actors, jeopardising both media freedom and the digital security of journalists.

The PluPro project will distribute 2,230,000€ to journalists and media in Europe to carry out transnational investigations. The program also includes newsroom training and mentoring.

This grant empowers local cross-border investigative teams, elevating local stories to the European stage. Directed at local journalists and/or media outlets, it covers working time and expenses. The initiative also includes a training program covering investigative journalism, local audience engagement, and security to enhance skills for local journalists.

SoJo Europe – a joint initiative by four European organizations – is aiming to recruit a total of 18 newsrooms in order to create a cross-European solutions journalism knowledge hub.

N-ost enables outstanding journalists to produce in-depth print publications covering a region from Brest to Belgrad, from Baku to Bishkek. Each year, one or two extensive reports for German-language media are funded with a total of up to 7,000 euros.

The Investigative Journalism for Europe’s (IJ4EU) Investigation Support Scheme provides grants of between €5,000 and €50,000 to support cross-border investigative projects in Europe.

The Investigative Journalism for Europe’s (IJ4EU) Freelancer Support Scheme provides teams of journalists working outside of newsroom structures with grants of up to €20,000.

The Prague Civil Society Centre Fellowship Programme offers civil society leaders, journalists and activists a three-month stay in Prague to work on their projects.

With the Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship, the UN awards young journalists from developing countries to cover the opening of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters.