This third edition of the Stars4Media programme increases the size of projects, the financial support, and the depth of coaching. 

Benefits: up to €100,000 per project, including up to €88,000 cash support + in-kind tailored coaching and training throughout the project.

Length: minimum 4 months, maximum 10 months. 

Application deadline: 30 June 2022. The 14 selected projects will start in November 2022.

Stars4Media NEWS is a pan-European funding and coaching programme that supports European news organisations to achieve long term Business and Newsroom transformation. The programme is co-financed by the Creative Europe scheme of the European Commission and is implemented by a consortium of four partners: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), the project coordinator, Europe’s MediaLab (Fondation EURACTIV), the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the European Journalism Centre (EJC).

Stars4Media NEWS will provide financial support and in-depth coaching as well as peer-to-peer knowledge transfer for cross-border collaborative projects. 

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