Join The Newsroom 27,
Slate.fr's ephemeral trans-European newsroom
Bar(safe)lona, the home for entrepreneur women
In the Catalan city, businesswomen are pulling together. The ‘Gendered Landscapes’ association has opened a space dedicated to coworking and training, successfully reconciling feminism and entrepreneurship.
The last indigenous people of Europe, the Sámi want to strengthen ties with the EU
A project aims to strengthen ties and improve mutual understanding between the European Union and this Scandinavian people, who are directly affected by industrial policy and the European Green Deal.
An ambitious underwater tunnel in the Baltic Sea to boost the economy of two islands
In the Baltic Sea, a gigantic road and rail project promises to facilitate trade between the two countries. For the inhabitants of the two islands to be linked by the future tunnel, this new infrastructure could reverse the trend of economic decline.
In the Czech Republic, renovated windmills bring culture and art closer to the people
With the help of local and European funding, architect Lukáš Smetana is giving a second life to the magnificent mills at Pardubice, 100 kilometres from Prague. The aim is to turn the site into a cultural hotspot for the region.
Using social networks to help migrants, an original project by a Berlin association
With the support of the European Union, the German NGO Minor uses Facebook, Telegram and TikTok to identify migrants in need, answer their sometimes urgent questions and support them in their integration process.
The project
For 27 days, 27 young European journalists will work together to produce 27 reports on the concrete applications of cohesion policy. Far from the institutional rhetoric, they will offer lively, embodied accounts of the men and women behind EU-funded projects in a variety of environmental, economic, social and societal fields. The 27 reports will be published in various media across the EU.
I - The Newsroom 27 - How does it work?
- You find a story related to a project financed by the EU. Many of them are here, here, here and here. You can also ask the representation of the EU Commission in your country about the existing projects around you.
- You prepare a draft of a story linked to one of the projects financed by the EU and you apply to The Newsroom 27 by following the requirements listed here. The application process is open until February 15th 2024, 11:59 PM CET.
- Once selected, you integrate the virtual newsroom, get the opportunity to collaborate with other young journalists from the Member states and with the Slate team report and write your story as part of a consistent editorial project. Your work shall start in the beginning of Spring and be published between the end of Spring and the beginning of Autumn.
II - The project
The selected candidates will benefit from the advice of professional journalists from Slate France, and will have the opportunity to learn from each other in the virtual newsroom. A common conversation will be opened, and three plenary sessions of the newsroom will be organized throughout the process.
The 27 selected candidates will be remunerated, and the costs related to the report will be covered. The young reporters will be guided in their investigation, reporting, writing and editing work by Slate.fr’s editorial staff, and by a project manager who is himself a journalist.
The 27 selected candidates will be remunerated, and the costs related to the report will be covered.
III - The stories
Each member of The Newsroom 27 will have to write one long story (1000 words / 7000 characters minimum) linked to a project financed by the EU in his country, through an original angle.
The stories should present innovative projects supported by the EU in a European region, and more specifically initiatives developed with the help of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Cohesion Fund (CF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Just Transition Fund and the Recovery Plan in key sectors –innovation, ecology, digital, social, citizenship.
The stories will be published in French, in English and in the native language of their authors on Slate.fr, on the website thenewroom27.eu and in various media across the EU, giving the young journalists access to a wide audience.
