Horizon Media Innovation for Democracy
Funds teams building trustworthy digital services and revenue models that help European journalism reach informed citizens and support democratic debate.
Independent journalism needs sustainable financing to support a healthy democracy, but newsrooms face heavy economic pressure and compete with social media and low-quality or malicious content. This topic funds projects that help people recognise reliable, plural journalism and make informed choices, while giving news media new digital business models.
Projects can develop and demonstrate trust i…
Innovation projects that build and demonstrate digital business models, trustworthy content methods, AI-enabled media services, recommender systems, advertising and subscription models, or interoperable platforms that strengthen the economic viability of European journalism and help citizens access reliable, plural information. Work can cover trust indicators, metadata, crawlers, paywalls, advertising systems, audience measurement, behavioural research and creator transparency, with news media organisations involved from the start.
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