Second Call for Audience-Engaged Journalism Grants

● Access to digital audience-engaged tool, which will be actively used in project to involve communities in story development
● Training in engagement journalism and audience-engaged tool usage
● On-the-job mentoring in audience-engaged story production
● Production of investigative and engaging stories of local and regional interest that are based on information crowdsourced using digital tool for audience-engagement
● Support to join forces and collaborate, sharing knowledge and expertise with one another
● Support to continue using the audience-engaged tool, fostering a sustained culture of community engagement

Media outlets from the following 10 Balkan and Visegrad countries may apply: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia and Slovakia.

● Cross-border Grants: Partnership can be:
○ Pre-established; in situations where a media outlet already has a media partner for a cross-border story, they may apply together for a grant of €8,000 to cover expenses for both parties.
○ Individual story pairing; in cases where individual applicants are proposing the similar story or share an interest, BIRN might propose that outlets pair up to complement their expertise and knowledge.