Media outlets, individual journalists, journalists' networks and initiatives from the Western Balkans

The Western Balkans Media for Change project provides support to media outlets and individual journalists to help them improve operational capacity, business sustainability and innovation potential, while aiming to better equip media professionals to produce more diverse, fact-checked and gender sensitive content that will reach and engage with wider audiences, especially women, young people, people aged 65yrs+, and other underrepresented communities.

These are the project outcomes: 1. Independent media outlets in the Western Balkans have the capabilities and capacity to reach a wide audience, providing fact checked narratives and giving space to a varied range of voices.2. Young and women journalists (including investigative journalists) have strong networks that can support their growth and professional development, contributing to collaborations (including across countries), sharing lessons learned and challenges, strengthening the resilience of the community of practice.