{"id":6009,"date":"2021-08-25T23:14:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T21:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/?p=6009"},"modified":"2023-09-19T09:44:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T07:44:45","slug":"future-stories-award-2021-new-deadlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/2021\/08\/25\/future-stories-award-2021-new-deadlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Stories Award 2021 \u2013 New deadlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cJournalism is what we need to make democracy work.\u201d<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Walter Cronkite<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A brand new award has been launched to celebrate and recognise the achievements of investigative journalism, those that have just revealed something new and unnoticed or already shook things up. <strong>You can submit your work until 1 October 2021.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Looking for outstanding investigative works in several categories, the Future Stories Award is a unique opportunity for Lithuanian and Slovak journalists working in this field and focusing on the local stories of important but often less visible topics.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>Why should you enter?<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Future Stories Award is a great opportunity to make yourself and your investigative work visible internationally.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It helps shine light on the topics that you cover and draw more attention to them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You can get a wider acknowledgement of your outstanding professional approach.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Through <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/2021\/05\/26\/media4change-community-connects-those-who-want-to-move-media-forward\/\">Media4Change community<\/a><\/span><\/span> you can find other professionals to exchange and cooperate with.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>Who is the competition for?<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Professional journalists (freelancers or employed, teams or individuals) and media companies residing or established in Lithuania or Slovakia can submit their Entry\/Entries to the Future Stories Award. The condition for participation is being active in journalism for at least one year, including the months of 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>What entries can you apply with?<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The original works of applicants published between 2020 and 2021 are eligible. The main requirement is their investigative character and focus on a topic of a local significance, while respecting all ethical and other professional principles. It can be intended for print, digital media, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting, or any other medium.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>What do we reward?<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Focus on less visible topics and untold stories<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Those bringing unknown facts to light<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Originality, innovative thinking<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Those moving professional journalism forward<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>The Future Stories Award will award prizes for journalistic works in the following sub-categories:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5882 alignjustify\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20width=&#39;338&#39;%20height=&#39;338&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20338%20338&#39;%2F%3E\" data-czlz data-src=\"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Topics-graphic-EN-700x700.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"338\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>One winner in each of these sub-categories will receive a prize of <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>\u20ac<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b> 1.000.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>One work can be submitted only to one sub-category. However, one applicant can submit more works to different sub-categories. Any media format is eligible, e.g. print, online text, video, audio, multimedia, or combination of any of these.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Future Stories Award has also <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>four special categories:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #ededed;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>For local or regional media<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> (working at a local and regional level, see definition below).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>For young media creators and new media<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> (for individuals aged 18-30 or emerging media that are up to 2 years in business).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>The best interactive presentation<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> (for those using innovative media tools for presentation of final investigation). <em>In this context, innovative tools are those that allow interactivity of the media piece (e.g. interactive videos, StoryMaps, various multimedia presentations), appealing presentation of results in general (e.g. mixed-media presentations such as Prezi, hyperzoom, up-to-date data-visualisation tools), or audience engagement after the investigation has been published.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Interaction with citizens <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">(for those excelling in involvement of an audience).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">One winner in each of these categories will receive \u20ac <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>1.000.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #adcbff;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The last category is the \u201c<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Audience\u2019s Choice Award<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201d. Public will be voting on the submitted works and choosing one, which will receive <strong>\u20ac 1.500<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>What criteria will be evaluated by the Jury?<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">An expert Jury composed of representatives of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.media4change.co\/sk\/\">National Institute for Social Integration<\/a><\/span><\/span>, European Dialogue, and external experts will evaluate each Entry separately and award points on a scale from 1 (weak) to 10 (very good). They will evaluate each Entry according to the following criteria:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Narrative: quality and persuasiveness of argument, it is presented in an engaging, interesting, clear, and attractive way.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Data reliability: discovered and revealed facts are accurate and evidence-based, the data of the sources are documented, sufficient data have been collected, the final work complies with copyright and GDPR.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In-depth investigation: investigation is not based only on already publicly available information, it works with abundant sources and their analyses.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Actuality: the investigation covers current issues and exposes new facts related to them, discovers and reveals new affairs, or makes new and accurate interpretations of already known facts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Impact and outreach (audience): the investigation manages to raise an awareness among certain audience<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and\/or spark action to move things forward.<em> The size of an audience is naturally depending on geographical coverage of the investigation or medium &#8211; national media are expected to have bigger outreach than local ones.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In each subcategory, one winning Entry with the highest score of points will be selected. In the case of the Audience\u2019s Choice Award, citizens will be able to vote for their favourite works submitted to the competition via the Media4Change platform, where all Entries will be published.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>Important dates and deadlines:<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Competition opens for Entry submissions:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> 15 July 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Early submission deadline: <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">17 September<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> 2021, at 23:59 CET<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Late submission deadline:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> 1 October 2021, at 23:59 CET<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Evaluation period: <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">2 October &#8211; 1 November <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Public voting period: <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">18 October &#8211; 1 November<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> 2021 (closing at 23:59 CET)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Winners announced:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> 18 November 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">For detailed information about the requirements and procedures, please refer to the official <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Future-Stories-Award-Rules-and-Regulations-Updated.pdf\">Rules and Regulations<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You can submit your Entries to the competition using <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/NGYjwXpPD5HXuhcW8\">this online <\/a><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/NGYjwXpPD5HXuhcW8\">form<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> no later than 1 October 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>While the Entries should be in Lithuanian or Slovak, the application form should be completed in English only. If the Applicants need assistance with writing the summary or other parts of the application form in English, they should reach out to organisers at <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"mailto:neringa@zmogui.lt\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>neringa@zmogui.lt<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i> (Lithuania) or <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:b.kolman@europskydialog.eu\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>b.kolman@europskydialog.eu<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>\u00a0(Slovakia).<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">We are looking forward to receiving and exploring your works! Let\u2019s inspire others with your stories and move investigative journalism forward together!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>Definition of a local and regional level:<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i> In order to define these levels, the Rules &amp; Regulations are using the system of Local Administrative Units (LAUs) and Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) that is maintained by EUROSTAT. The investigation has a local significance when it\u2019s dealing with a topic that is relevant to units LAU 2 and LAU 1, in justified cases NUTS 3. Local media are covering levels LAU 2 and LAU 1 as well. Regional media are covering level NUTS 3.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>&#8211; In Lithuania, LAU 2 is seni\u016bnijos, LAU 1 is savivaldyb\u0117s, and NUTS 3 is apskritys<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>&#8211; In Slovakia, LAU 2 is obec, LAU 1 is okres, and NUTS 3 is kraj.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>Background: <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>The Future Stories Award is one of the activities of the <strong>Media4Change &#8211; Future Investigative Story Lab<\/strong> project, which aims to support cooperation, innovation, and professional standards in the field of investigative journalism in Lithuania and Slovakia. It\u2019s run by the National Institute for Social Integration (Media4Change programme) from Lithuania and European Dialogue from Slovakia.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>The project has been co-financed by the European Commission &#8211; DG CONNECT under the 2019 call for proposals \u201cMedia freedom and investigative journalism\u201d (Pilot Project: Supporting investigative journalism and media freedom in the EU).<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignjustify wp-image-5212\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20width=&#39;171&#39;%20height=&#39;118&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20171%20118&#39;%2F%3E\" data-czlz data-src=\"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/logo_ce-en-rvb-hr-700x484.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>Disclaimer: <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>The European Commission&#8217;s support for the production of this Call for entries does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views of the authors only and are their sole responsibility. 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