DEADLINE: SoJo Europe — Cohort Selection

A collective of organizations including Journalismfund Europe, Transitions and the Constructive Institute have teamed up to fund a solutions journalism-focused cohort.

The goal? “[F]or media organisations across Europe to pursue different approaches to increase reader trust, audience share and revenue by creating a cross-European solutions journalism knowledge hub and encouraging systemic cooperation between professional news media organisations.”

We will issue a public open-call inviting applications from media outlets from all eligible countries to recruit a total of 18 newsrooms (first year: 10; second year: 8)

Apply to become a member of the cohort
This training, grant, and mentoring programme stimulates more solutions journalism.

This grant programme aims to respond to the need for media organisations across Europe to pursue different approaches to increase reader trust, audience share, and revenue by creating a cross-European solutions journalism knowledge hub and encouraging systemic cooperation between professional news media organisations. It is open to small European media news outlets, especially serving underrepresented groups. The media outlets must be legally registered in any of the Creative Europe participating countries (EU and non-EU).

The total grant budget is €320,000 to distribute. Closed call: only for members of the cohort.

Deadline: Mar 6, 2025

Details and application.