Deadline: August 11, 2023.

The Emergency Reporting Grants: Democracy Reporting will support independent journalists and news organizations with grants of $1,000 to $5,000 each. They will help cover journalists’ salary and reporting expenses covering the country’s democratic crisis. The grants will be given to journalists and news organizations who have submitted the best proposals. An ICFJ advisory team will work on the selection process. The selected teams will have an editor to support the investigation.           

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• A Guatemalan journalist or a group of journalists working in Guatemala or outside the country (individual or group proposals).
• A Guatemalan news organization or an organization working in collaboration with other regional media organizations.
• Selected journalists should be committed to attending a series of workshops.
• Stories should be published by December 15, 2023.

BENEFITS

Grant of $1,000 to $5,000

APPLICATION

A strong proposal should focus on the coverage of the political crisis and issues affecting democracy, such as efforts by the political elite to affect the peaceful transition of power, the weaponization of the justice system, the connections between the political and economic elites connected to corruption, and the people behind the attacks against journalists, judges, and human right activists.

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