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BRUSSELS - Journalismfund is hiring a Project Coordinator for its European Cross-border programme.

TALLINN - Following an investigation on the environmental damage caused by the peat mining industry in the Baltics, the Estonian Ministry of Climate is considering to suspend the issuance of new peat mining permits and freeze the extension of old permits until the new climate law is enacted.

STRASBOURG - Grassroots media play a key role in upholding local democracy, and authorities at all levels can and should take steps to strengthen grassroots media, finds a new report on local and regional media, presented by co-rapporteurs, Cecilia Dalman Eek (Sweden, SOC/G/PD) and Mélanie Lepoultier (France, ILDG) at the 45th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities on 25 October 2023.

BRUSSELS - For the second round of applications for the Local Media for Democracy grant programme, Journalismfund Europe received 127 applications from 22 different EU countries. 

BRUSSELS - The LocalMedia4Democracy project is supporting 17 small local media outlets. These outlets aim to serve the public interest in localities and regions where access to information has significantly decreased in the European Union. This grant scheme is operated by Journalismfund Europe and International Media Support (IMS), and co-funded by the European Commission and the King Baudouin Founation. 

BRUSSELS - From now on US donors can support Journalismfund more easily by becoming a "Friend of Journalismfund".

Journalismfund Europe has launched, as part of its Earth Investigations Programme, a new mentorship scheme – the Editorial Mentor.

FLORENCE - The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Pluralism (CMPF) published their preliminary study, “News deserts in Europe: assessing risks for local and community media in the 27 EU Member States”.

BRUSSELS - For the first round of applications for the Local Media for Democracy grant programme, Journalism Europe received 88 applications from 20 different EU countries.