Recently, a new funding call under Creative Europe Programme has been issued in media pluralism and freedom. The call intends to fund projects for 4.1 million EUR, with a final deadline of 20th September 2022. The final objectives of the call are crucial in the days we are currently living in. Particularly important are all possible initiatives defending media freedom and protecting journalists doing their job under threat and persecution. The call is coherent in its final objectives with the European Democracy Action Plan. The latter stresses that transparency and compliance with professional norms and standards are essential for public trust in the media and aims to support EU cooperation between national media councils, other media self-regulatory bodies, independent media regulators and networks of journalists, and initiatives fostering journalistic partnerships and standards. Read more here.
Source: Pulse
