Where journalism meets accountability and civic space funding.
You open a call on anti-corruption, governance, or civic participation. It talks about transparency, public oversight, and access to information. It may even mention investigations, data, or watchdog functions. But it doesn’t mention journalism.
For many in the media and media development space, that’s where the trail ends. If it’s not labelled “media” or “journalism”, it’s assumed to be irrelevant. In practice, that assumption often leaves money on the table.
A significant share of funding for transparency, accountability, and civic space already supports work that looks very much like journalism – it’s just described differently.
