Solutions Journalism Accelerator Freelancers Call

Your story needs to be published in an opinion-forming media organisation, which is a news or broader journalism organisation with a track record of accurate, in-depth, fair and responsible reporting, publishing content online, in newspapers, magazines, broadcast and/or radio, which: serve audiences at a metropolitan, national or international level, engage large audiences and/or decision-makers, sustain investigative and/or sector-specific reporting.

Your story must be published in an opinion-forming media organisation that is based in and/or has significant reach to audiences in one or more of the target countries: France, Germany and the UK.

For your project to be awarded funding, your story must be published in a primary eligible outlet (as described in the answers to questions 1 and 2 above). In addition, you can choose to publish your story in other types of media organisations and in other countries, which will be deemed as secondary outlets.

Solutions journalism is rigorous and evidence-based reporting that primarily focuses on responses to societal problems.

For the purpose of this Call, we define solutions journalism as a practice that investigates and explains, in a critical and clear-eyed way, how people try to solve widely shared problems.

Coverage about the topic and other themes in your story should not merely investigate/ call out what the problems are, but should analyse what is or could be done right and critically examine remedial actions. For inspiration, resources such as our Solutions Journalism: an introduction for journalists and newsrooms guide and the Solutions Journalism Network’s Solutions Story Tracker might be useful.

Underserved population refers to populations that face barriers and challenges in accessing and using resources, due to geographic location, religion, sexual orientation, gendered-identity, racial, and ethnic populations. Underserved populations usually encounter unique challenges (such as language and cultural barriers, physical and/or cognitive ability, alienage status, or age).

The term Global South generally refers to countries classified by the World Bank as low or middle-income, often politically or culturally marginalised, with large inequalities in living standards, life expectancy, and access to resources (LMICs).