Application for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s local reporting fund
We - the Bureau Local - are thrilled to announce our 2018 local reporting grant.
Thanks to the kind folks at the Open Society Foundations, we’re now able to directly fund journalists, freelancers and local people to investigate untold stories in their communities.
Why? Because we believe local news is important. Because local people and companies with power should be checked and challenged. Because journalism is a cultural force for good.
Despite the need, local investigative reporting is under threat. Local reporters are feeling the squeeze and could use more time and resources to dig into issues. But that takes funding.
So, we’ve put together a fund that will allow us to support our 600-strong (and growing) network of reporters, technologists and concerned citizens by investing in their ideas and stories.
This fund is not to replicate the great reporting already happening but to help tell the stories you don't think are being told.
Apply and tell us the story, idea or project that needs the time and resource to be investigated in the UK. You can read more about the scheme, here. Applications for the first round are due by 10am Wednesday March 7.
Applicants will be notified if they are successful by Wednesday March 14. We hope to select two projects during this round.
We estimate projects can take from one to, up to, eight weeks of work. Successful candidates will have from March 14 until the end of June to complete the project.