The European Journalism Centre (EJC), with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is implementing a new 2013 grants program for innovative development reporting. The grant aims to advance creative reporting approaches to enable better coverage of international development issues in eight of the European countries with the highest net official development assistance. The grant will be awarded to a selection of innovative reporting projects to enable journalists, editors and development stakeholders to perform thorough research and to develop entirely new and experimental reporting and presentation methods. They will also be able to use multi-platform approaches and to think laterally across disciplines and techniques of journalistic storytelling. Application Details The program is looking for proposals from eminent media outlets focusing on the eight European countries with the highest development spending—France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Applicants must apply for a minimum grant of €8,000 with an expected average grant of about €20,000. A…