Tactical Tech is providing travel and subsistence support of maximum 1000 Euro per person to Europe-based journalists and other media professionals from independent newsrooms and non-profit media interested in enhancing their skills, knowledge, and ethical considerations for leveraging AI in journalism. Selected applicants will travel to attend an in-person training on “AI for Non-Profit Newsrooms” in Berlin, Germany on 7-8 July 2025.
Application deadline: 25 May 2025, midnight CEST (Central European Summer Time). Read below for event details and application criteria.
Event Details
Tactical Tech, in partnership with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) and The Fix Media, is hosting a 2-day in-person training on “AI for Non-Profit Newsrooms.” The event is part of the EU-funded project MOST (Media Organisations for Stronger Transnational Journalism).
Moving from an overview of current trends, challenges and impact of digital transformation on media viability, the primary objective of the training is to empower participants with crucial skills, knowledge, and ethical considerations essential for leveraging AI in journalism in their media organisations. This extends beyond content production to encompass distribution, monitoring, and other workflows of media organisations. The event will focus on exploring the possibilities, potential, and shortcomings of AI for non-profit media organisations, and it will bring experts and trainers from leading media outlets and media research organisations to discuss existing best practices, and to conduct hands-on sessions, ensuring a practical and insightful learning experience.
In a nutshell:
- Event dates: 7-8 July 2025, full days (with arrival on 6 July, departure on 9 July .
- Event location: Berlin, Germany .
- Application deadline: 25 May 2025, midnight CEST (Central European Summer Time)
- Confirmations to accepted applicants: by 2 June 2025 .
- Financial support will be provided to selected applicants based on receipts, following the attendance of the event, in the amount of maximum 1000 EUR per person.
- We aim to provide funding to around 6-8 applicants from media organisations in Europe (see criteria below).
- Interested journalists and other media professionals are invited to consult the application criteria below.
Who Is Eligible to Apply?
Apply if you:
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Are a journalist or other media professional affiliated or collaborating with a regional European Hub organisation that is part of the Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative (CIJI), namely: RISE Project Romania, Investigate Europe, Journalists in Need Network, Fundacja Reporterow, OBC Transeuropa, Delfi. NOTE that this is not mandatory criteria but some level of connection will be relevant as the project aims to strengthen existing regional networks as well as to build new capacity that can strengthen existing media networks in different European regions.
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Are citizen of one the Creative Europe Participating Countries, including:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs));
- non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (see list of non-EU Participating Countries in the Creative Europe Programme here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/crea/guidance/list-3rd-country-participation_crea_en.pdf)
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Have demonstrated experience with collaborative public-interest reporting and/or international reporting.
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Have demonstrated experience with developing and adapting media content to diverse audiences, and with communicating stories to audiences at local, national and/or cross-border level.
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Wish to improve and diversify your media organisation’s content and audience development, engagement and outreach strategies and apply innovative methods to develop and test new media content production and distribution opportunities, including with the use of AI-driven tools and services.
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Wish to gain skills, enhance ethical considerations and test or implement AI-driven measures to support and diversify media content production, media revenue streams, apply latest techniques in media sustainability innovation and monetisation through service/product development.
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Are eager to share your experiences, skills and knowledge with others in a highly collaborative environment.
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Have fewer opportunities to access in-person, cross-border collaborations and skill-sharing events.
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Are committed to attend and actively participate for the entire length of the event as this is mandatory for funded participants.
Application deadline: 25 May 2025, midnight CEST.
Financial Support Information
- Accepted participants will be reimbursed for event-related expenses, including travel, accommodation, travel insurance, and local subsistence (per diem), up to a maximum of €1,000 per event. Reimbursement will be provided after the event upon submission of receipts.
- Participants are responsible for arranging their own travel and accommodation. Organisers will provide all the content planning, agenda and local details to facilitate the trip and event participation.
How To Apply?
Apply by filling out this application form: https://lime.ttc.io/index.php/45599?lang=en
Application deadline: 25 May 2025, midnight CEST.
- Applicants should demonstrate their experience with producing and disseminating journalistic content in the public interest, as well as to indicate how they expect this training to benefit their and their organisation’s future work and content
- Please note that the events will be held in English. A working level of the language is necessary to ensure overall collaboration and a smooth facilitation of the event.
- Please disclose if you are using AI tools to structure and write your application.
Selection Process
- We will provide funded travel to a number of 6-8 selected participants for the event. If you wish to join and have means to fund your trip from other resources, please state so in the application.
- Our team of journalists and researchers from Tactical Tech and MOST partners will review the applications, balancing experience, skills, diversity, needs and everyone’s ability to both gain from, and contribute to the events.
- Applicants selected will be informed by 2 June 2025.
Contact
If you have any questions about the event and the application process, please contact us at eti@tacticaltech.org
About the Organisers
The event is hosted by the “Media Organisations for Stronger Transnational Journalism” (MOST) project, which aims to strengthen the resilience of independent media outlets in Europe by offering innovative business and audience development strategies, and a collaborative platform for the exchange of knowledge, resources, and content. The MOST project consortium is led by OBC Transeuropa and includes Le Courrier des Balkans, New Eastern Europe, European Pravda, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), El Orden Mundial, and Tactical Tech. The MOST project is funded by the European Commission CREA Fund (GA 101180285).
Tactical Tech is an international NGO that engages with citizens and civil-society organisations to explore and mitigate the impacts of technology on society.
Disclaimer:
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.