Application Deadline: April 5, 2024
The 2024 Solutions Journalism Accelerator Call delivers grant funding for freelancers and facilitates research opportunities to support solutions-focused development journalism. The objective is to support and empower 12 journalists or small teams of journalists to create and disseminate impactful stories, through a Solutions Journalism approach. They will provide new insights, shed light on underreported topics, focus on the Global South and explore global development issues.Â
Requirements
Applicants must be freelance or staff journalists or small teams of journalists with experience in reporting on development topics. There is no citizenship or residency restriction, but applicants must have a track record of publication in respected media outlets in France, Germany, or the UK.
- The Call opens on Monday 11 March 2024 and closes on Friday 5 April 2024 (17:00 CEST).
- The reporting period for publishing stories is from 1 May to 31 August 2024.
Projects must be solutions-focused and address one or more of the first six Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), respectively: No poverty, Zero hunger, Good health and well-being, Quality education, Gender equality, and Clean water and sanitation. The projects/stories must be published in opinion-forming media organisations in France, Germany, or the UK. The projects selected, up to 12, can receive a grant of up to €8,500.
More Info: European Journalism Center Solutions Journalism Accelerator Program
