Free Press Unlimited is currently accepting applications for its Postcode Lottery Fund for Journalists 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Free Press Unlimited - Postcode Lottery Fund for Journalists
The Postcode Lottery Fund for Journalists supports international reporting projects by professional journalists working in the Dutch-speaking media landscape. It aims to improve the quality and reach of foreign journalism by enabling field-based reporting outside the journalist’s home country.The fund prioritises impactful, well-researched, and audience-relevant storytelling from abroad.
Benefits of Free Press Unlimited - Postcode Lottery Fund for Journalists
- The applications concern a budget of up to €4,000.
Free Press Unlimited - Postcode Lottery Fund for Journalists Requirements
- You are a professional journalist who has published/photographed/made broadcasts (in Dutch) articles in the past year;
- You travel abroad for your production and this trip has not yet taken place;
- The production for which you apply for money rises above the local level and is aimed at a wide audience;
- The employer/client is willing to bear part of the costs (e.g. fee) that is in proportion to the total costs;
- You have not previously received money from the Postcode Lottery Fund for journalists in the past calendar year;
- You mention any other subsidies (applications) for the same production;
- You submit a complete application. Incomplete applications will not be assessed.
Application Date and Process
- You submit a fully completed application form, written in good Dutch, in which you both highlight the backgrounds and explain how the journalistic elaboration takes shape;
- You have at least 1 letter of intent from an employer or client (editor-in-chief) who wants to proceed with publication/broadcast if proven quality and relevance. The Postcode Lottery Fund for journalists encourages applicants to apply for a letter of intent from a medium with a wide reach. Submitting multiple letters of intent and publishing reports in various, less obvious media, in order to reach a larger and more varied audience is appreciated.
- A complete budget: send a clear estimate of all the costs and benefits of this trip with your application, so that it becomes clear what the costs are and who directly or indirectly contributes to the trip. The Postcode Lottery Fund only reimburses travel and accommodation costs (no food/drink or the journalist's hours). If you also receive a subsidy from another institute or fund for this production, it is necessary that a proof copy is enclosed. You can apply for a budget for a foreign reportage, with a reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs, of up to €4,000.
- You send relevant publications (maximum 3 files) from previous work.
Application Deadline
07 August, 2026
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