By Vineet Malik | July 27, 2023 | London, England
The European Union (EU) extends brilliant support to 12 news organizations to strengthen cross-border journalism over the next two years
According to the press release issued by the EU today "Investigative journalism, sign language journalism, Community media, podcasts and youth journalism are the profiles of the 12 winning consortia, covered across the EU and other creative Europe countries."
The pursuits of the funded projects will include the development of common business and editorial standards, testing of new types of newsrooms and new formats, training programmes and cross-border productions.
Most importantly, project beneficiaries shall operate with full editorial independence.
These projects have been selected as part of the NEWS initiative announced in the Media and Audiovisual Action Plan.
Every year, a new proposal for Journalism partnerships is published under this initiative, which aims to foster cross-border collaboration among news media organisations across Europe.
The European Commission has expressed its reverence to address structural challenges in media sectors and to promote a free, diverse and pluralistic media environment.
These proposals support cross-border projects with an aim to strengthen the wider news media sector.
Selected Projects
Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative
The Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative (CIJI2) equips media outlets and professionals with resources in at least 15 languages, training activities, standard-based methods and a networking structure consisting of six media hubs across Europe. EU support: €2,388,989.
Collaborative Journalism Europe in a Global Context
Collaborative Journalism Europe in a Global Context (CJEGC) is a project proposed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and three partners from across Europe. It will mainly support cross-border investigations with digital tools for data use and professional collaboration. EU support: €2,000,122.
Come Together – Strengthening community media in Europe
Come Together aims to strengthen community media across Europe, by sharing best practices in business models, audience engagement and content dissemination. The project is based on partnership and peer-to-peer learning between seven partners from six countries. EU support: €1,032,853.
Promoting and Expanding Deaf Journalism in Europe through Sign Languages
Deaf Journalism in Europe (DJE) aims to enhance tools and skills for deaf journalists to produce articles on deaf communities and to promote the use of sign languages in visual news across Europe. It gathers seven partners from seven countries. EU support: €1,062,639.
IQMEDIA
IQMedia gathers 6 partners to support the digital upskilling of news media professionals in Greece, Cyprus, Portugal and France through an online academy for journalists and publishers, an R&D lab and concrete collaborations. EU support: €934,683.
Monetising Value, towards financial sustainable independent public-interest journalism
Monetising Value (MV) aims to support independent public interest media become financially sustainable. It uses surveys, sets up a reference network, and facilitates meetings between media and funders. It gathers five partners from across Europe and is coordinated by Arena for Journalism. EU support: €519,896.
NEWAVES
Newaves focuses on the needs of radio and community media. It aims to set up a pan-European network and platform to facilitate the exchange of content and best practices. The project gathers seven partners from four countries. EU support: €733,052.
NEWLOCAL
NewLocal gathers 10 partners from Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia to develop new relations with their audiences through the development of mobile apps with features allowing better interactivity and discoverability. The project also includes knowledge-sharing activities withing the consortia and publicly. EU support: €391,748.
The Eastern Frontier Initiative
The Eastern Frontier Initiative (TEFI) brings together 5 independent publishers from five countries to collaborate on content and business development. The project focuses on fact-based information on European defence and security and includes journalist training by Bellingcat. EU support: €1,076,718.
WEPOD
The project aims to create collaborations around the production, distribution, promotion and monetisation of journalistic podcasts. The consortium gathers 10 partners from seven countries and is coordinated by Prisa Media. EU support: €2,440,714.
XQ.EUJOY
The European Youth Journalism project XQ.EUJOY gathers five partners from Spain, Portugal and Italy and aims to expand the existing project revistaXQ across Europe through the involvement of young journalists and media focusing on youth. EU support: €499,972.
YoCoJoin
The Youth Community Journalism Initiative (YoCoJoin) aims to boost youth representation in local media, which in turn can help local media reach young audiences. The project gathers seven partners from seven countries, foresees training of at least 30 young reporters in each country, and will spread lessons learned to non-partner media. EU support: €923,009.
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