Application Deadline: September 20, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 Asia Investigative Reporting Network (AIR) Network Newsroom Grants.
The AIR Network Newsroom Grants provide up to $9,000 in funding for newsrooms in Southeast Asia to develop and implement a collaborative project with the AIR Network. The proposed projects should support the AIR Network’s objectives of strengthening investigative journalism, amplifying the impact of investigative journalism, and advancing safety and security for investigative journalists.
Geographic area
The Grant is open to newsrooms based in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Exiled media based in these countries are eligible.
Intended target audience
Newsrooms, journalists and civil society organizations in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.
Illustrative examples of projects that the Grant is looking to fund:
- Training and capacity-building programs for AIR Network members
- Building resources or educational content for investigative journalists or newsrooms
- Creating an AIR Network “community of practice” to produce investigative journalism on specific topics/issues
- Projects that increase gender equality and social inclusion of marginalized communities in investigative journalism
- Projects that improve media viability of investigative newsrooms
- Projects that improve safety & security for investigative journalists (including physical, digital, legal, and psychosocial safety)
Examples of projects the Grant will not fund:
- Investigations that do not involve elements of regional collaboration, community-building, and capacity-building (the AIR Network has a separate investigative grant).
- Reporting projects where the sole output is media content (stories, documentaries, books, podcasts, etc.).
- Academic research
More Info: AIR Network Newsroom Grants
