Journalism grants for innovative development reporting projects

The European Journalism Centre (EJC) has received continued financial support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to advance journalistic coverage of issues related to global development and the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.

Journalism Grants are available for innovations in development reporting. Journalists are encouraged to break away from the stereotypes of covering development issues and innovate the storytelling behind development. Journalists can apply for a minimum grant of €8,000, with the average grant given estimated to be about €20,000.

This is a great opportunity to tell the story of how sport and development can change lives and how sport and development can impact society. A story of marathons and gender equality in East Africa was a previous winner, and there are certainly many powerful stories of development left to address. 

The deadline to submit is 26 February 2014. Apply via http://journalismgrants.org/