Youth4Region aims to help journalism students and young journalists discover what the EU is doing in their region.

Benefits

• Training on journalism as well as EU regional policy
• The chance to receive mentorship from established journalists from your country
• Also, working side by side with renowned journalists during the EU Regions’ Week
• Visits of EU affairs media headquarters and EU institutions
• The unique opportunity to take part as a journalist in European Commission press trips to the Member States
• Moreover, Accommodation, food, and travel expenses covered by the European Commission

Eligibility 

• be a citizen of an EU Member State or an EU neighboring country.
• also, be from 18 to 30 years old
• demonstrate a real interest in journalism through studies and/or work experience or be a recent journalism graduate (up to 2 years since graduation) with up to 2 years of journalism experience
• In addition, have not participated in previous editions of the Youth4Regions Program

Timeline

• Application Deadline: 11 July 2022
• Jury Meeting: 29 July 2022
• Selection Result: 15 August 2022
• Youth4Regions Programme : 8 – 14 October 2022

How to apply

• fill in the online form
• send a short article (2500 to 6250 words) or a short video reportage (2 – 3 minutes) depicting a project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (including Interreg) or Cohesion Fund.
• the article or short video must cover the theme of “youth empowerment”.
• Contributions are accepted in all of the 24 EU official languages. However, in the case of video submissions, a short written summary in English is necessary