Deadline: 30-Jun-22
The BIRN’s Reporting Democracy Travel & Reporting Programme is opening the call for journalists from the Visegrad region who have an interest on reporting from the Balkans to apply for the grant that covers expenses in the chosen field research.
With the idea of fostering journalistic cooperation and exchanges of information between the two regions, they are providing travel and reporting grants, regional expertise as well as the field support in countries where BIRN has offices (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Romania and Serbia).
Funding Information
- Amount of grant: EUR 2,500.00
- A maximum of 5 grants will be awarded in this cycle
Output: Participation in the Travel & Reporting programme should result in the journalistic output published in the local media in applicant’s country, with the possibility of the content being republished on BIRN’s Reporting Democracy platform and in the local media in the Balkan region. By the journalistic output, they mean at least one in-depth article.
Eligibility Criteria
Application for the grant:
- individual journalists and teams
- media organisations
- Grants are available for journalists from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia
- Formal applicants can be:
- individual journalist (working as part of newsroom structures as well as freelancers);
- teams (e.g. reporter, producer, photographer, video editor);
- media organisation.
- Each applicant may submit only one application under this grant scheme.
- Applications should include:
- topic(s) that journalists would like to report about;
- plans for visiting one or more countries of the Balkan region, with tentative timeline;
- publishing and dissemination plan.
- Cross-border stories and serials of articles, as well as accompanying multimedia material (video, photo, radio /podcast) are encouraged.
- Additional documentation can be submitted in the online format.
- Application Form should be completed in English language.
Evaluation Criteria
- Step I: Technical evaluation done by BIRN staff to ensure applicants followed application procedures and submitted all required documents.
- Step II: Evaluation by editorial board will be done in order to select applicants based on evaluation criteria including:
- Quality of proposed idea;
- Feasibility of the proposed plan;
- Ability to reach public.
- Step III: Notification of applicants.
For more information, visit https://birn.eu.com/news-and-events/birns-reporting-democracy-opens-new-call-for-travel-and-reporting-programme/