Opportunity Information: Apply for AL 17 003
The Two-way Journalism Exchange Program (Funding Opportunity Number AL 17 003) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of State through the U.S. Mission to Albania, specifically the Public Affairs Office at the U.S. Embassy in Tirana. Pending the availability of funds, the embassy sought proposals to run an investigative journalism exchange that connects emerging journalists in Albania and the United States through short, intensive, hands-on training and joint reporting work. The program was designed as a single-award competition with an expected award amount up to an 80,000 USD ceiling, under CFDA 19.900, with applications originally due September 11, 2017.
At the center of the opportunity is a two-direction exchange with two main components. First, the selected grantee would organize a one-week to ten-day training experience at a U.S. journalism school for a cohort of 6 to 8 Albanian journalism students and early-career journalists. This portion is meant to combine classroom learning with field work, emphasizing practical investigative reporting skills rather than theory alone. The U.S. Embassy would identify the Albanian participants, so the implementing organization would be responsible for designing and delivering the training, coordinating with the host institution, and ensuring participants receive a structured, skill-building experience that can translate into publishable work.
Second, the program would bring 6 to 8 U.S. masters-level or senior journalism students to Tirana for about one week to collaborate directly with Albanian university journalism students and young reporters. The goal is not just cultural exchange, but production-focused collaboration: mixed teams would work on investigative reporting projects, choosing topics jointly and developing them across the two trips. This structure is intended to expose participants to different reporting environments, sources, and accountability challenges, while building professional habits around verification, sourcing, data gathering, and ethical investigative methods.
A defining feature of the grant is its integration with the existing Investigative Journalism Lab project, with final reporting to be published on the Lab's website (www.pse2017.com) in both Albanian and English. The reporting focus is explicitly tied to public-interest journalism in the digital era, especially investigations that strengthen government accountability and help expose and combat corruption. The program expects participants to produce real investigative pieces, not mock assignments, and to package stories with strong visual elements, including photo and video, reflecting modern audience expectations and online distribution needs.
Mentorship and continuity are built into the design. Lecturers from the Investigative Journalism Lab and from the U.S. host institution would mentor participants before, during, and after the travel components, continuing support through the completion and publication of the investigative work. In practice, this means the program is meant to function as a pipeline from training to reporting to publication, with editorial guidance and coaching that helps early-career journalists meet professional standards, manage legal and ethical considerations, and deliver well-documented, multimedia investigations.
Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" (with further clarification expected in the full announcement), and the funding instrument is a grant. Overall, the opportunity is aimed at strengthening investigative reporting capacity, building cross-border professional networks among emerging journalists, and generating concrete public-interest investigations that can reach audiences in both countries through bilingual publication.Apply for AL 17 003
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Albania in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Two-way Journalism Exchange Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.900.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 11, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 11, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $80,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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