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Published: 01 Feb 2022 492 views
Justice for Journalists Foundation is non-partisan and does not support any political agenda. The Foundation is guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which among other rights upholds the right to freedom to hold opinion and seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Justice for Journalists Foundation (JFJ) is a London-based non-governmental organization. The foundation was created in August 2018 by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, founder of the Open Russia pro-democracy movement, an Amnesty International recognized prisoner of conscience and Putin’s most prominent critic, together with his former business partner, philanthropist and member of the Free Russia Forum’s standing committee Leonid Nevzlin. ... continue reading
| Application Deadline | 20 Mar 2022 |
| Type | Entrepreneurs |
| Sponsor | Justice for Journalists Foundation (JFJ) |
| Gender | Men and Women |
The maximum amount offered for each individual grant will be 80,000 US Dollars. Our grants cover the hard costs of getting to the story and reporting it – airfare, hotels, meals, ground transportation, fixers, translators, as well as the reasonable fee for the justifiable duration of the project. The Foundation is giving preference to the established media and NGOs with stringent reporting procedures and a proven track record of successful projects.
1. Investigation into physical violence and abuse, as well as harassment and bullying campaigns against media and journalists:
2. Investigation into the illegal tapping/surveillance of media workers in countries beyond the geography of Pegasus project (for example, use of technology to persecute journalists in Central Asian states).
3. Investigation into the impact on the families of media workers subjected to violence, abuse, persecution or forced exile (for example those fleeing Russia/Chechnya, Belarus, Tajikistan or Kazakhstan);
4. Investigation into the persecution of whistle-blowers and informants who provide valuable documentary materials for further publications by independent media;
5. Investigating, discovering and exposing profiles of the main perpetrators and facilitators of violence, abuse, harassment and prosecution against independent media and media workers.
Grant applicants should provide a detailed budget for their investigative project along with 500-words long project description to demonstrate that their proposal is solid. The project proposal should highlight what is new and significant about the story and what its potential impact might be. The proposal should contain an outline of the reporting plan and a timeline for completing the project, as well as description of stories to be published or broadcast as the outcome. Any potential interest in the project registered on behalf of media outlets should also be reflected in the publication plan.
For more details, visit JFJ website.