• Posted 09-Mar-2020

EU funds projects worth €5.1 million to support media freedom and pluralism

The EU supports freedom and pluralism in the media sector by making available €5.1 million to several projects starting in March 2020.

The first project, led by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, will focus on building a pan-European response mechanism for violation of media freedom to detect, address and prevent potential violations in the sector as well as to provide practical help to journalists under threat.

A second project, a cross-border investigative journalism fund run by the International Press Institute, will support investigations involving journalists from at least two Member States.

Finally, a series of funded projects will set up a range of activities (such as training and practical guides) that will be geared at providing support to independent and collaborative journalism and at promoting media freedom across the EU. In parallel to the afore-mentioned projects, the Media Pluralism Monitor, which focuses on identifying risks to media pluralism across Europe, is renewed for another year. The preliminary findings of this year’s report will be discussed at the event “Media and democracy – the way forward” on 20 March in Brussels and the full set of reports are expected to be published in April 2020. Finally, two ongoing Pilot Projects of a value of €1.7 million complement EU action in this area by supporting the mobility of young media professionals and the promotion of Media Councils in the digital age. 

Source: Digital Single Market News (http://bit.ly/2TrzfHL)