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Reflecting on 2024: a year of programmes, opportunities, and impact

From one-on-one education to summits with 250 participants, from supporting individual freelance journalists to making a grant available to

Dec 19 2024

Solutions Journalism Accelerator: a three-year journey

From mistrustful and disengaged audiences to changed and lost revenue opportunities, media organisations across Europe are facing a variety

Dec 18 2024

Journalism in the age of digital surveillance

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Reflecting on 2024: a year of programmes, opportunities, and impact

From one-on-one education to summits with 250 participants, from supporting individual freelance journalists to making a grant available to

Dec 19 2024

Solutions Journalism Accelerator: a three-year journey

From mistrustful and disengaged audiences to changed and lost revenue opportunities, media organisations across Europe are facing a variety

Dec 18 2024

€199,000 awarded to twelve teams of freelancers for cross-border investigations

Sustainability, governance, and individual freedoms across borders are some of the issues addressed by the projects funded by the latest ro

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Solutions Journalism: an introduction to solutions-focused development reporting

The third solutions journalism guide illustrates how to effectively report on development issues with a solutions-focused approach

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Solutions Journalism: 11 tough questions on how to do solutions journalism

The second solutions journalism guide asks 11 though questions on how to do Solutions Journalism. Get the guide for free now.

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Solutions Journalism: an introduction for journalists and newsrooms

Explore the transformative news reporting style that goes beyond problems and inspires real action. Available in English, Portuguese and Gre

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A freelancer’s guide to reporting on climate change

For freelance journalists, reporting on environmental issues and climate change is a chance to cover a diverse range of stories, places and

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A freelancer’s guide to reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals

For freelance journalists, the goals, the rate of progress on their targets, how communities and governments are working on them present a w

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Unearthing local solutions: Libération’s reporting on how grassroots communities address environmental problems

In 2022-2023, Libération received a grant of €130,000 from the European Journalism Centre through the Solutions Journalism Accelerator

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IJ4EU Freelancer Support Scheme 2024

IJ4EU's Freelancer Support Scheme offers grants of up to €20,000 to cross-border investigative teams of freelance journalists.

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MethodKit for Podcasts: a collaborative podcast design workshop

Podcasting is an art, and like any craft, it requires the right tools. So, whether you’re an audio pro or just starting out, the MethodKit for Podcasts developed by DW Akademie and MethodKit can be used across every aspect of your podcast — from development to production to distribution to marketing or from audience growth to content ideation and more.

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