DEADLINE: Journalismfund.eu Microgrants for Small Newsrooms

This new Journalismfund.eu grant and mentoring programme, as part of the ongoing PluPro project, aims to empower 50 local independent media outlets. The goal is to foster resilience and viability through capacity-building activities, design-learning innovation, and a repository of case studies and best practices. It aims to encourage a culture of innovation at the local level through introducing media personnel to a design-learning approach focused on audience research, prototyping, and testing new products and services.

By the end of the project, it will have accumulated a vast set of case studies and best practices that can then be shared with other newsrooms across Europe, in countries suffering from a lack of plurality and beyond. All project outputs will be freely accessible, fostering ongoing professional development beyond the programme's duration.

The programme is for 50 small, local and independent media outlets (legal entities) in EU member states and participating countries in the Creative Europe Programme, with a particular emphasis on countries with a medium- or high-risk rating according to the Media Pluralism Monitor.

In 2024-2025 the total grant budget is €250,000 to distribute over two application rounds (€125,000 per call). Maximum amount per media outlet: €5,000.

Deadlines:
Tuesday 17 December 2024 at 1pm CET
Thursday 3 April 2025 at 1 pm CET

Details and application.