Apply for a grant!

2019-02-28

BRUSSELS - Til Sunday 31 March 2019 you can apply for a grant from the Pascal Decroos Fund for your special or investigative journalism project.

The support is provided in the form of grants to individual journalists. They must be able to demonstrate that their project entails unusually high costs or is so time-consuming in nature that the normal remuneration of editors or publishers is not sufficient to realize the project. The projects must rise above regular reporting, daily journalism or correspondence. The subject or theme must be special, or else the approach. As always, all forms of special journalistic projects are eligible for the written or audiovisual press: reports, documentaries, series, books ...

All information about a grant application can be found on this website. If you still have questions, do not hesitate to contact us. We are happy to give you advice or feedback.

For the actual application you use the online application form.

Special side track programme at VVOJ Conference

2012-09-24

At VVOJ's European Investigative Journalism Conference the Pascal Decroos Fund will, in cooperation with VVOJ itself, be in charge of a side track of the programme that is specifically aimed at foundations and funds.

Australian government could pay for journalism education

2012-03-02

The Finkelstein inquiry into the media and media regulation flags a future need for government to fund journalists' education.

Press freedom is worsening in Belgium

2019-04-24

PARIS - Reporters Without Borders published its annual report on the state of press freedom in the world. At least it can be called disturbing. In Europe, but also in Belgium, journalists are increasingly under pressure. Traditional front runners are, as always, the Scandinavian countries, with Norway for the third year on top. Belgium drops from 7 to 9.