Rowan Blijd is an experienced media professional currently serving as Chef Video at DPG Media Nederland since September 2022 and as Vice Chair of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Journalisten since September 2021. Blijd also contributes as a committee member for the Fonds Bijzondere Journalistieke Projecten and as a board member for Sites of Memory, alongside maintaining a freelance career as a moderator, presenter, and chairperson through Rowan Media. Previous roles include writing for Uitgeverij Pluim and working in presentation, program development, and research at KRO-NCRV. Education includes a gymnasium degree from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Marnix Gymnasium, and Stanislas College Westplantsoen, with a focus on Economics & Society and Culture & Society. Notable written works include 'Liberté, egalité, Beyoncé' and 'De Goede Mama.'
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Fonds Bijzondere Journalistieke Projecten (Fonds BJP)
Subsidies for books, articles, podcasts, etc.; Subsidies for investigative journalism; Subsidies for talent development. The Dutch Fund for In-depth Journalism awards subsidies to individual journalists for articles, long-reads, photo reportages, journalistic books/ biographies and investigative reports (tv, radio, online, print). The goal is to support journalists who want to produce in-depth stories which would not be possible without this extra funding. The subsidy is open to all journalists and authors who have a contract for their story or book to be published or broadcast in Dutch. There are also separate subsidies available for young journalists. All applications are assessed by an independent committee of media professionals. The Fund also awards an annual prize (Brusseprijs) for the best journalistic book and runs two journalist-in-residence programmes: one in Amsterdam (at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences) and one in Athens (at the Netherlands Institute Athens). The Dutch Fund for In-depth Journalism was set up in 1990 by an independent group of journalists and is funded by the Dutch government.