European Correspondent is a non-profit journalist organization most widely known for their e-mail newsletter summarizing events and topics from/regarding Europe.
Highlights (emphasis by me):
the European Commission will now support The European Correspondent with a grant of 2.16 million euros over the next 24 months
[…] The deal is structured so that we maintain full editorial independence, and we can bring our journalism to a broader public. The biggest change: We’re expanding into six more languages.
[…] Starting in November, you can read The European Correspondent in German, and in 2026, we’re launching French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, and Ukrainian editions.
[…] we’ll relaunch our website, […] we will add an archive with a search function […]
We will produce daily vertical videos, revamp our social media, and keep visualising data. There’s even a secret project we’re not ready to talk about yet.
I’m not a fan of the “produce daily vertical videos” idea as up until now they were this low-dopamine newsletter which produced only text which I liked. But well, they’ll keep doing that even if there’s vertical videos alongside.
I’ve been subscribed with my e-mail address for a few months now and I really enjoy it. I know that there are people which feel as if they don’t know what’s happening in Europe and would like to change that, and this is a good way.
They have two newsletters: European Affairs (weekly) and The Continent (weekly) and a customized per-country/region newsletter
The best way to subscribe is through https://www.europeancorrespondent.com/select because it lets you pick individual countries from the regions they write about (“Do you want round-ups on specific countries?” radio button)
If that’s too overwhelming you can just put your e-mail in https://www.europeancorrespondent.com/ and after a few days the e-mails will try to guide you to customize your sub
I used to donate to them for a while but then I changed my credit card and didn’t re-subscribe, but I see that they now support SEPA Debit as a donation option through their donation service Donorbox. Before they just accepted payment cards from our American overlords VISA/Mastercard
To mods: I know this reads like an ad (because it “is”, but I’m just a reader, I’m not releated to them in any way, I just like what they do). It’s a non-profit granted by the European Commission so I hope it’s ok. Put me in secret CIA jail if not
Reading the grant link from the OP - https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/results-2024-call-european-digital-reporting there’s also a second project with ~2M eur which sounds like “Wero for journalism”:
AskEurope The project aims to create a new type of information platform dealing with European affairs, by using innovative formats and forms of distribution. The creation of a database with EU media outlets’ archives, complemented by the integration of an AI-based chatbot, is innovate and will increase the engagement with readers. Available in 7 EU languages, the content has diverse formats, from breaking news, live streams and daily news to in-depth reporting and long investigation.
It entails a consortium is coordinated by Agence France Presse (FR), accompanied by Mediaconnect (FR), Deutsche Welle (DE), France Medias Monde (FR), Radio France Internationale Romania (RO), Druid (RO), Xwiki SAS (FR), Xwiki Software (FR), Deutsche Presse Agentur (DE), News Aktuell (GE), Agenzia Ansa Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata – Società Cooperative (IT), Grupa Radiowa Agory (PL), Ediciones El Pais (ES), Centro Per La Cooperazione Internazional (IT), Fundacion Maldita (ES).
The EU funds a lot of European media outlets, just FWI. Among the larger ones are Bellingcat, a recent list of smaller ones across Europe is, for example, provided by Journalism Fund. But there are many more.