Digital Tools to Support Journalists Fund

Focus: Access to Information, Transparency, Story Amplification, Audience Engagement, Countering Disinformation, Digital Security

Grants of up to $10,000 each are available for projects to elevate reliable coverage such as data visualizations, digital security tools, platforms to share stories more widely, databases of public information, or other innovative ideas. 

Applicants should explain what needs the project would meet, its target users, who would produce it, and how it would be implemented and made available publicly. 

These tools can be published in any language. Exiled media technologists, especially Russians and Ukrainians, are strongly encouraged to apply. 

Eligibility

  • You must be a working journalist or media technologist either in a full-time or freelance capacity, with a demonstrated portfolio of work.
  • You must be a member of ICFJ’s Network (i.e. an alumni of ICFJ’s programs, an ICFJ award winner, a member of the ICFJ Pamela Howard Forum on Global Crisis Reporting, etc.).
  • Eligible Nationalities and/or Citizens in Eligible Regions (including Exiled Media): Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltics, Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.

Opportunity offered by:

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)

ICFJ works at the nexus of journalism and technology, building the expertise and storytelling skills of reporters worldwide. Through its work, journalists are enhancing news coverage and connecting more deeply with their audiences. As a result,…
Contact for application information
Online application form
Opportunity type

Grant

Location(s) where available

Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Russia
the Baltics
the Caucasus

Areas of focus

First Amendment
General Funding
Misinformation

Application deadline:
May 20, 2022