IFCN seeks innovative projects [Worldwide]

Fact-checking organizations and teams of journalists, designers, developers or data scientists can apply for funding.

The Poynter Institute's International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has launched Fact Forward, a call for innovative fact-checking projects.

Entries must represent a paradigmatic innovation for fact-checkers in any of these areas: formats, business models or technology-assisted fact-checking.

Applicants must hail from a fact-checking organization that is a signatory of the IFCN code of principles or commit to complying with the code’s application and verification process by the end of the term.

The winner will receive US$50,000 as well as advice for the 12-month development and implementation stage.

The deadline is Feb. 5.

For more information, click here.

Digital Magazine organizes social journalism workshop [Ecuador]

Journalists and journalism students can register for this workshop.

Digital magazine La Barra Espaciadora organizes the social journalism workshop "Off the record" Feb. 7 to 9 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Participants will learn techniques to go beyond the usual sources and seek other voices and new approaches to cover issues such as gender violence, feminism and rights violations.

The instructor is María Fernanda Ampuero. 

Registration is ongoing until spaces are filled. The cost is US$100.

For more information (in Spanish), click here.

Project calls for stories on corruption [Eastern Europe, Central Eurasia]

TV and online video journalists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine can apply for funding.

The Open Media Hub, a Thomson Foundation project, has launched a Call for Expression of Interest for Production Support that aims to support journalists to create content on topics related to the European Union. The topic of this call is corruption.

Winners will receive financial support as well as practical guidance on production and distribution of their content.

Funding amounts vary from EUR250 to EUR8,000 depending on the category and video length.

Applications must be submitted in one of the following languages: Russian, English, Armenian, Georgian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian or Azerbaijani.

The deadline is Jan. 31.

For more information, click here.

Entrepreneurship competition accepting entries [MENA]

Aspiring media entrepreneurs can compete for a cash prize.

The AF Académie de Formation, based in Tunisia, is seeking entries to its new competition.

Applicants must submit an innovative idea that supports young people.

The winner will receive TND1,000.

The deadline is March 18.

For more information (in French), click here.

Press Start seeks applications [Worldwide]

Journalists with at least three years of experience in countries without fully free media can apply to this program.

Press Start, a new crowdfunding platform, connects journalists in emerging democracies or developing countries to a global donor community. 

Applicants can submit story ideas with a budget proposal of no more than US$2,000. Topics must be of social importance, including politics, human rights, gender, minority and sexual orientation, health, and the environment.

Traditional print stories and series, photo essays, multimedia projects and reported, influential blogs are eligible. 

Applications can be in English, Russian or French and are considered on an ongoing basis.

For more information, click here.

Journalists exchange program seeks applications [US, Canada, Germany]

Young journalists from the United States, Canada, Germany can apply for this fellowship.

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) seeks applications for the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship, an exchange program that gives media professionals from the United States, Canada and Germany an opportunity to report from and travel in each other's countries.

The purpose of the program is to increase public knowledge and understanding about the two countries through mass media. Successful applicants will report for their home and host news organizations from across the Atlantic. The next fellowship will run from July 24 to Sept. 30.

Applicants must be print, online or broadcast journalists between 21 and 40 years old. German language proficiency is not required, but it is encouraged. Selected fellows not fluent in German will spend the first two weeks of the fellowship in intensive German language classes.

Each fellow will receive a US$4,000 living stipend and an additional US$1,200 for airfare. The program also covers lodging in Washington for a joint one-week group orientation session in July.

The deadline for German applicants is Jan. 31; for U.S. and Canadian applicants is March 1.

For more information, click here.