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LONDON – A team from Imperial College, University of London developed what is thought to be the first prototype for a sensor that can detect asbestos in water. They were following up on a cross-border environmental journalistic investigation.

LOS ANGELES - Kinshuk Surjan's debut documentary film Marching in the Dark is under consideration in the category Best Documentary Feature for the 97th Academy Awards next year.

BRUSSELS – The team that brought the investigations of unmarked graves of migrants in 65 cemeteries buried over the last 10 years across Spain, Italy, Greece, Malta, Poland, Lithuania, France, and Croatia has won the European Commission’s Award for Journalism.

A court case in Namibia is opened as an outcome of a 2019 investigation published by Oxpeckers and supported by Journalismfund Europe Money Trail grant programme and the OCCRP. 

BRUSSELS - The new grant programme Pluralistic Media for Democracy opens applications today; a media pluralism fund that will inject €1.400.000 financial support to local and regional outlets, community media, investigative journalism, and public interest news organisations that operate in "news deserts" or areas experiencing strained media pluralism. 

MADRID/BRUSSELS - The team and members of the board of Journalismfund Europe regret to announce the passing of Helen Darbishire, as conveyed in a message from her colleagues today:

BRUSSELS/COPENHAGEN - With a focus on local and regional outlets, community media, investigative journalism, and public interest news organisations, the Pluralistic Media for Democracy project aims to foster a vibrant and diverse media landscape. It will allocate over €2 million to support and strengthen independent media across the European Union and beyond via grants and capacity building. 

BRUSSELS - The new grant programme Microgrants for Small Newsrooms is launched today; a media funding scheme that will distribute a sub-grant of up to €5,000 and expert mentoring to two cohorts of newsrooms which will allow small and medium-sized news outlets to implement new tactics and skills to build resilience and viability.