Details of a new fund to commemorate the work of campaigning journalist and NUJ member Mary Raftery and to promote investigative journalism have been announced.
Mary Raftery
The Mary Raftery Journalism Fund has been created as a result of an initiative by the family and friends of Mary Raftery, who died in January and – for the next year – will be supported by The One Foundation.
The aim of the fund is to promote more in-depth investigative coverage of these issues. It offers an opportunity for journalists to carry out detailed investigations into certain aspects of Irish society and to expose any injustices that might exist.
There will be three individual funding rounds over the coming year. Applications for the current round, under the theme of mental health, are now being accepted. Applicants from all strands of the media in Ireland are invited to apply.
Up to €40,000 will be available for allocation in each round. The maximum payable to an individual applicant in any one round will be €18,000.
Full details of the Mary Raftery Journalism Fund are available at www.maryrafteryfund.ie. An information workshop for prospective applicants to the fund will take place from 11am to 1pm at the Radisson Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin 8 on Monday, 15 October.
The Mary Raftery Journalism Fund has been created as a result of an initiative by the family and friends of Mary Raftery, who died in January and – for the next year – will be supported by The One Foundation.
The aim of the fund is to promote more in-depth investigative coverage of these issues. It offers an opportunity for journalists to carry out detailed investigations into certain aspects of Irish society and to expose any injustices that might exist.
There will be three individual funding rounds over the coming year. Applications for the current round, under the theme of mental health, are now being accepted. Applicants from all strands of the media in Ireland are invited to apply.
Up to €40,000 will be available for allocation in each round. The maximum payable to an individual applicant in any one round will be €18,000.