Capacity Building
We enable media professionals and journalists to test new formats, find audiences, and escape material constraints and censorship through consultancy, funding opportunities, and facilitated networking
News / Capacity building
28 August 2024
Call for Applications: Fellowships and Micro-grants
Structural support and resources for independent journalists from Russian regions and media in exile.
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27 July 2023
Call for Applications: Exile Media Hub Berlin
Coworking space, studio, training and consulting for media from Belarus and Russia in Berlin opens its doors.
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01 March 2023
Call for applications: Fellowships and Mentorship Support for Russian Journalists
Support programmes series for independent Russian media and journalistic projects is advancing their skillsets on fundraising, risk management, and audience reach in times of censorship.
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Projects / Capacity building
Strengthening Ukrainian Investigative Reporting
GermanyUkraineCapacity buildinginvestigations
The programme provides short-term grants for journalistic investigations, reporting, and content production. Ukrainian editorial offices, freelance journalists, data researchers, and media start-ups are eligible to apply. This includes media organisations operating in exile or whose employees work in Germany. The projects created or published in cooperation with German media are given special consideration.
Read about projectExile Media Hub Berlin
GermanytrainingsCapacity building
Consulting. Coworking. Collaborating.
The Exile Media Hub Berlin is a dedicated support and workspace initiative for foreign media professionals and exiled newsrooms. Located in the heart of Berlin, the Hub offers a flexible, well-equipped environment featuring coworking spaces, training rooms, meeting areas, and a pop-up studio for high-quality audio and video production.
Read about projectStrengthening Ukrainian Investigative Reporting
GermanyUkraineCapacity buildinginvestigations
The programme provides short-term grants for journalistic investigations, reporting, and content production. Ukrainian editorial offices, freelance journalists, data researchers, and media start-ups are eligible to apply. This includes media organisations operating in exile or whose employees work in Germany. The projects created or published in cooperation with German media are given special consideration.
Read about projectExile Media Hub Berlin
GermanytrainingsCapacity building
Consulting. Coworking. Collaborating.
The Exile Media Hub Berlin is a dedicated support and workspace initiative for foreign media professionals and exiled newsrooms. Located in the heart of Berlin, the Hub offers a flexible, well-equipped environment featuring coworking spaces, training rooms, meeting areas, and a pop-up studio for high-quality audio and video production.
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Cross-Border Cooperation
Fighting malign influence of authoritarian regimes beyond borders, our programs enable experience and data exchange between independent journalists across wide geographies
Investigative Journalism
Navigating OSINT and other methods for thorough political, economic, and social investigations, our beneficiaries provide the public with hard facts amid disinformation
Trainings
Our network of independent reporting experts delivers programs on legal setup, financial management, fundraising, safety, networking, cross-border collaboration, and journalism training