InfoCongo will consider funds for a stipend for the journalist and also for web developers, photographers and videomakers. Expenses such as travel, fact-checking and/or database access, and translations of the story between English and any relevant local languages can also be covered. Fixed costs such as office costs or equipment are not covered.

What Should be the Maximum Amount?

This call will provide a total of roughly US$3,500 in support of the stories to be approved. Ideally, we expect to be funding proposals ranging from US$500 to U$1500.

Who May Apply?

Applicants must be working as a journalist or studying in a journalism program, and her/his responsibilities must not include public relations work on issues related to their story. We welcome proposals from independent journalists and also from established (small and big) media outlets. We are happy to see the stories produced in other outlets, and they can be aired or published elsewhere first, but we will also publish the stories on the InfoCongo website as well. Ideally, applicants should be based in a Congo Basin country and/or demonstrate that the impact of the story on their audience will positively influence development in the Congo region.

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