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With financial support from the New Democracy Fund, the Public Journalism Club, in partnership with International Alert and LIVKOM, is implementing the BRIDGE – Building Relations, Inclusive Dialogue through Genuine Empathy project.

The project implementation period January to December 2026.

The Public Journalism Club, in cooperation with the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia, has launched the EU–Armenia Strategic Partnership and Visa Liberalization Dialogue project.

As part of the project, a two-day seminar was organized for 11 journalists representing 10 media outlets in Armenia. Following the seminar, the participating journalists produced evidence-based media content related to the project’s theme.

The project implementation period January to Аugust 2026.

In partnership with the Democracy Development Foundation, and as part of the “Partnership for Democracy Initiative,” the Public Journalism Club is implementing the  Media Center: Rapid Civil Society Response for Fair Elections project.

The project implementation period January to May 2026.

The Public Journalism Club implemented the project “Assisting independent media and CSOs in enhancing the access to reliable information on the European Union and EU enlargement on social media in Armenia” within the framework of a grant provided Transformation Promotion Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. The lead organization of the project was EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy.

From February to July 2025, the Public Journalism Club implemented the project “Media for Reform: Engaging Public Dialogue on Penitentiary and Probation Systems” with the financial support of the European Union. The project partners are Social Justice NGO and Civil Society institute NGO within the scope of the ‘’Justice Reform Monitoring in Armenia’’ (#JUREMONIA www.juremonia.am) project’s sub granting.

Since May 2023, the Public Journalism Club has been implementing the project “Professional Media, Practitioners and Grassroots Joining Forces for Dialogue” with the financial support of the European Commission. The project partner is International Alert. The project is scheduled to run until May 2026.

Since December 2021, the Public Journalism Club has implemented the “Integrity of Justice Reforms” project in three phases with the financial support of the OSF-Armenia and Democracy Development Foundation (DDF).

The project was carried out until February 2025 by the DDF led Consortium (OSF-Armenia before 2022) , which included the Public Journalism Club, the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office, and the “Protection of Rights without Borders” NGO.

From March 2013 to June 2025, the Public Journalism Club has implemented the “Media Center” project with the financial support of Open Society Foundations–Armenia and the Democracy Development Foundation (DDF).

From October 2024 to January 2025, the Public Journalism Club implemented the project “Combating Disinformation and Strengthening Democracy Through Information Integrity” with the financial support of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia.

The project was originally planned to run until September 2025; however, it was terminated following an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump.

From January 2024 to January 2025, the Public Journalism Club implemented the project “Mental Health Support to Media Workers in Armenia” which was part of the Media Program in Armenia funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The lead implementing organization of the program was Internews in Armenia.

The project was originally planned to run until December 2025; however, it was terminated following an executive order issued by U.S. President Donald Trump.

From October 2023 to December 2024, the Public Journalism Club, in cooperation with the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Armenia Office, implemented the “Hack2Check: Media and Information Literacy Hackathon” project with financial support from the U.S. Department of State’s Public Diplomacy Section.

The project partners included the American University of Armenia (AUA) and the Enterprise Incubator Foundation with its Gyumri and Vanadzor Technology Centers.

Since 2014, the Public Journalism Club has been a participant in the “Support to the Armenia-Turkey Normalization Process” project. Funded by the European Union, the project has been implemented in three phases by a Consortium composed of eight organizations from Armenia and Turkey, with the Eurasia Partnership Foundation serving as the lead organization.

The organizations involved in the implementation of the project were: Eurasia Partnership Foundation, Civilitas Foundation, Public Journalism Club, and the Regional Studies Center from Armenia; and Anadolu Kültür, the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV), the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (hCa), and the Hrant Dink Foundation from Turkey.

From January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2024, the same Consortium has been implementing a follow-up initiative titled “Support to the Armenia-Turkey Normalization Process: Rapid Response.”

From November 1, 2023, to January 31, 2024, the Public Journalism Club, in cooperation with the Media Initiatives Center, implemented the project “Emergency Support to Media Content Creators Forcibly Displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh” with financial support from the European Endowment for Democracy (EED).

From November 1, 2021, to June 30, 2023, the Public Journalism Club implemented the “Media and Information Literacy Accelerator” project with financial support from the Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Department of State.

From December 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, the Public Journalism Club, in cooperation with the Freedom of Information Center, implemented the project “Building Disinformation Resilience in CSO and Local Government Ecosystems” with the financial support of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia.

From September 1, 2021, to January 31, 2022, the Public Journalism Club implemented the “Covid-19 Reflection” project with the financial support of the International Republican Institute.

From June 2021 to June 2022, the Public Journalism Club, in collaboration with the “Armavir Development Center” NGO, “Prisma” Research Company, and the “Center for Rights Development” NGO, jointly formed a consortium entitled “Labor Rights” and implemented the project “The improvement process of data-driven policies in the sphere of labor rights” funded by the United States Agency for International Development.

The project was implemented in the framework of “Data for Accountable and Transparent Action” (DATA) program, which was carried out by Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) in consortium with SOCIES Expert Centre NGO (Socies), Boon TV Foundation (Boon TV), Youth Cooperation Center of Dilijan NGO (YCCD) and Sose Women Issues NGO (Sose).

From July-October 2021, the Public Journalism Club implemented the project “Regional CSOs Against Disinformation” funded by the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Armenia / Lithuanian Development Cooperation.

From December 31, 2020 to May 31, 2021, the Public Journalism Club implemented the “Rapid Response Fund Initiative” project funded by the European Endowment for Democracy (EED).

Within the framework of the project, a coordinating Consortium was formed, which included the Media Initiative Center, the Yerevan Press Clubthe Freedom of Information Centerthe Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression, and the Media Diversity Institute – Armenia.  

In 2020-2021, the Public Journalism Club implemented the “Covid-19: Rapid Response” program with financial support from the Open Society Foundations – Armenia.

From January to October 2020, the Public Journalism Club implemented the project “Fact-Checking Capacity Building of Journalists from Armenia and Azerbaijan” funded by the U.S. Embassy in Armenia. 

From June, 2019 to April 2020, the Public Journalism Club implemented the “Establishment of Fact Checking Network” project funded by the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, a project of the German Marshal Fund. 

The Public Journalism Club implemented the “Human Rights in Armenia” project with the support of the Open Society Foundations-Armenia. 

The Public Journalism Club implemented theUnheard Voices” project which was part of International Alert’s work on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The project was funded by the European Union within the framework of the “European Partnership for the Peaceful Resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict” (EPNK) initiative.

The Public Journalism Club, in collaboration with the “Investigative Journalists” NGO, implemented the project titled  “A Public Glimpse into a Closed World: Human Rights Situation in Closed Institutions”  funded by the European Union (EU) and co-funded by Open Society Foundations-Armenia, 

With the support of the Open Society Foundations-Armenia, the Public Journalism Club is preparing a documentary film that will present the events of June 23 (2015). The film tells about the actions of the police to clear Baghramyan Avenue from protesters fighting against the increase in electricity tariffs and the developments of that day. The film is based on interviews with participants of the demonstration, human rights defenders, and archival materials.

Within the framework of a small grant from the Democracy Commission of the United States Embassy in Armenia, the Public Journalism Club is launching the “Youth Initiate and Inform” program.

The goal of the project is to involve high school students from two administrative districts of Yerevan (Davtashen and Ajapnyak) in proposing and implementing ideas to improve the socio-economic and cultural environment of their communities. To develop a sense of responsibility towards the community, initiative, and the ability to identify, present, and propose solutions to problems.

With the joint support of the Open Society Foundations-Armenia and the British Embassy in Yerevan, the Public Journalism Club is implementing a new phase of the “Media Center” project.

With the joint support of the Open Society Foundations-Armenia and the British Embassy in Yerevan, the Public Journalism Club implemented the “Media Center” project.

In April-May 2013, with the grant received from the Open Society Foundations-Armenia, the Public Journalism Club, within the framework of the “New Technologies for New Media and Public Journalism” program, promoted citizen journalism during election coverage through the My News mobile application. The My News mobile application created sections called “Local Elections 2013” ​​and “Issues of Persons with Disabilities.” A two-day training was also held, within the framework of which the creation of infographics was presented.

In December 2013, the Public Journalism Club, together with the Microsoft Innovation Center, organized the “Hackathon [YAN] Flight 2013” ​​competition for innovative ideas, projects, and programming through a grant from Counterpart International Inc. Armenia.

The “Public Journalism: Empowering Public Correspondents” project was implemented through the US Embassy Democracy Commission Small Grants Program, with the goal of promoting a culture of public reporting in Armenia, expanding and developing the knowledge of active members of society about public reporting and social media.

Within the framework of the grant received from the Open Society Foundations-Armenia organization, the “New Technologies for the Benefit of New Media and Public Journalism” program was implemented, through which the Public Journalism Club organized 4 correspondent competitions on the “My News” platform, 4 discussion-meetings for specialists representing the information technology sector and representatives of the journalistic community, and 1 competition for news websites with a large cash prize.

The “My News” website also includes a “Question and Answer” (Q&A) section, where for six months, questions were collected from members of the public on a monthly basis on a specific topic or issue. The collected questions were grouped, sent to relevant officials and specialists, and the answers were published under each question.

In December 2012, the Public Journalism Club, in collaboration with the Microsoft Innovation Center of Armenia, Microsoft AR, Enterprise Incubator Foundation, mLab ECA, and Sourcio, organized “Hackathon[YAN] 2012” is a competition for innovative ideas, projects and programming, the aim of which was to contribute to the development of various sectors in Armenia by introducing new technologies. “Hackathon[YAN]2012” was also made possible with the support of Counterpart International Armenia.

Within the framework of the “Alternative Media Resources” program, through the Eurasia Partnership Foundation’s “Citizen Journalism through Facebook and Mobile Phones to the My News Platform” grant, the “Presidential Elections 2013” sections have been opened on the “My News” platform website, mobile applications, and Facebook page.

In March-May 2012, the HLA implemented the “Mobile Technologies for Informed Elections” project, which was funded through a grant provided by the Armenian office of Counterpart International Inc. It was co-funded within the framework of the Public Journalism Club’s 2011-2012 project “Public Journalism: Transforming the Process of News Consumption for Active Participation in Armenia.”

The 2011-2012 HLA project “Public Journalism: Transforming the Process of News Consumption into Active Participation in Armenia” was made possible through a grant provided by the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow.

The Public Journalism Club’s “Hackathon[YAN] Yerevan 2011” competition was implemented through a grant received from Counterpart International Inc.’s Armenian office.