Investigative Journalism Training to Counter Russian Messaging in the Baltics

Funding Opportunity Number: DOSLH-15-CA-001-EUR-150730 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: EducationCFDA Number: 19.040Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher educationNonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationAgency Name: DOS-LTUClosing Date: Aug 31, 2015Award Ceiling: $500,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jul 31, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The U.S. Embassies in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia aim to offer a 12-month innovative, multi-phased investigative journalism training program for early and mid-career Russian-language journalists and other media professionals working on Russia’s periphery. As Russian propaganda and misinformation multiplies, the media in all three countries need the skills and tools to counter it with fact-based, credible news reporting. The program would also build a more mature, proactive 21st century media landscape in all three countries. The ideal program will include in-country training/workshops in all three countries, cash reporting awards for journalists with realistic investigative reporting project ideas and opportunities to pursue them, and study trips to the United States to visit newsrooms, journalism schools and new models for funding and delivering quality journalism in the digi...

Source: Grants.gov - July 31, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Education Source Type: funding