Call for journalists and minority activists from the EMMAP programme to apply for stipends
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Call for journalists and minority activists from the EMMAP programme to apply for stipends
We would like to invite all the journalists and minority activists who finished our online course within the ‘Engaging Media and minorities to Act for Peacebuilding‘ (EMMAP) programme to apply for support in their fieldwork. Journalists can ask for additional funding for their investigative reporting, and minority activists can create their own media content narration to support their case/campaign/project.
What would we like to support?
- Journalists: At least one press/online/photo-essay/radio/TV piece on the topic of minorities, migration, development, conflict and/or peacebuilding. For their investigative reporting projects, Journalists will be expected to visit minority, indigenous, migrant/displaced communities facing issues related to conflict.
- Minority activists: The activists can apply for the stipends to build their narrative about their situation. audio/video/digital campaign in favour of their CSO / initiative. Activists may seek to engage local professional crews to assist them, but the outputs/scripts should come from the activists themselves.
Project journalists and project activists can cooperate in the framework of this activity. The grants will contribute towards travel costs, accommodation, insurance, per diems, etc. Media outcomes should be published by the end of November 2024 at the latest. Activists’ campaigns should take place by the end of November 2024.
How?
Journalists and activists are allowed to apply for funding up to €2000 by filling out the form below with a detailed work plan specifying how they intend to use the money and what media pieces they intend to produce.
Deadline: 12 April. Please be aware that filling the form carefully might take some time.
Selection will be based on the application and work plan, including how the money will be used, the story that the applicant intends to cover, the degree to which that story has been thought through, the opinion/letter of confirmation from the media outlet, development and conflict issues that are addressed, migrant, minority and indigenous issues that are addressed, and consideration of critical issues such as gender and other intersectional discrimination. Security in the location to be visited will also be considered. The selection of the best applications will be consulted with the EMMAP partner organizations (MPEC, MRCG and Fahamu), tutors of the two online courses, and the programme’s Steering Committee. We will keep the balance between the countries of applications, gender and types of media.
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