The world of disinformation and distrust to public institutions we all live in is more than ever in need of journalists ready to investigate controversial topics. International teams of dedicated journalists have made in recent years big breakthroughs in uncovering corruption, crime, human rights violations and bringing these to the front pages of the world media.
This free hybrid interactive course in English will offer lectures and practical exercises geared at teaching the necessary skills to organise and coordinate an international team of journalists, to safely and securely collaborate on cross-border stories and to carry out impactful investigations.
What does the Course cover?
The course will consist of 2 interactive webinars, a 3-day on-site programme and an online collaborative story pitching session. Participants attending the course will have the chance to apply for production funding for up to 5000 EUR as well as benefit from mentoring from award-winning journalists in the region.
The courses will be delivered by experienced journalists and trainers, coming from leading journalism and training organisations such as The Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism Re: Baltica, Fundacja Reporterów, OBC Transeuropa, OCCRP and others.
Small production Grants for cross-border stories and Mentoring
Following completion of the course, participants are expected to apply for small production grants for cross-border stories that cover one of the following topics:
Successful teams will receive mentoring support from award winning journalists from Central and Southern Europe and the Baltics. More detailed guidelines around the application and selection process and criteria will be provided to the journalists selected to attend the course.
When?
Where?
First Edition
Second Edition
Who can apply?
Journalists working for media targeting audiences in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, Italy and Spain. The course is designed for staff and freelance journalists who are interested in learning about collaborative and investigative journalism techniques.
How to sign up?
To participate in the selection process you will need to fill in a questionnaire. Please make sure to indicate for which course you are available. Please note you need to be available for the entire duration of the course, including participation in the small production grants for cross-border stories.
When is the deadline?
15 April 2022; 20:00 CEST Please note that the selection will take place on a rolling basis, we thus encourage early applications.
Costs
Participation is free and the organisers will cover economy travel, accommodation and meals for the duration of the 3-day onsite programme.
This course is part of the “Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative” (CIJI), which aims to equip independent media outlets and individual journalists with resources, innovative networking infrastructure and standards-based methods that enable them to practice high-quality, and ethical and accountable collaborative and investigative journalism. It aims at providing enabling environments for individual journalists and existing news media outlets to excel, and for start-ups to emerge and succeed. CIJI is carried out in partnership by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Free Press Unlimited (FPU) and Tactical Tech (TT) and aims to become a network-based initiative that promotes ethical standards, offers training and capacity building opportunities and a fora for collaboration and peer-support.
In case you have any questions, please contact CIJI Team by email: info@ciji.eu
The world of disinformation and distrust to public institutions we all live in is more than ever in need of journalists ready to investigate controversial topics. International teams of dedicated journalists have made in recent years big breakthroughs in uncovering corruption, crime, human rights violations and bringing these to the front pages of the world media.
This free hybrid interactive course in English will offer lectures and practical exercises geared at teaching the necessary skills to organise and coordinate an international team of journalists, to safely and securely collaborate on cross-border stories and to carry out impactful investigations.
What does the course cover?
The course will consist of 2 interactive webinars, a 3-day on-site programme and an online collaborative story pitching session. Participants attending the course will have the chance to apply for production funding for up to 5000 EUR as well as benefit from mentoring from award-winning journalists in the region.
The courses will be delivered by experienced journalists and trainers, coming from leading journalism and training organisations such as The Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism Re: Baltica, Fundacja Reporterów, OBC Transeuropa, OCCRP and others.
Small production Grants for cross-border stories and Mentoring
Following completion of the course, participants are expected to apply for small production grants for cross-border stories that cover one of the following topics:
Successful teams will receive mentoring support from award winning journalists from Central and Southern Europe and the Baltics. More detailed guidelines around the application and selection process and criteria will be provided to the journalists selected to attend the course.
When?
Where?
First Edition
Second Edition
Who can apply?
Journalists working for media targeting audiences in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, Italy and Spain. The course is designed for staff and freelance journalists who are interested in learning about collaborative and investigative journalism techniques.
How to apply?
To participate in the selection process you will need to fill in a questionnaire. Please make sure to indicate for which course you are available. Please note you need to be available for the entire duration of the course, including participation in the small production grants for cross-border stories.
What is the deadline?
15 April 2022; 20:00 CEST
Please note that the selection will take place on a rolling basis, we thus encourage early applications.
Costs
Participation is free and the organisers will cover economy travel, accommodation and meals for the duration of the 3-day onsite programme.
This course is part of the “Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative” (CIJI), which aims to equip independent media outlets and individual journalists with resources, innovative networking infrastructure and standards-based methods that enable them to practice high-quality, and ethical and accountable collaborative and investigative journalism. It aims at providing enabling environments for individual journalists and existing news media outlets to excel, and for start-ups to emerge and succeed. CIJI is carried out in partnership by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Free Press Unlimited (FPU) and Tactical Tech (TT) and aims to become a network-based initiative that promotes ethical standards, offers training and capacity building opportunities and a fora for collaboration and peer-support.
In case you have any questions, please contact CIJI Team by email: info@ciji.eu
