STRUCTURE
The venture started out with two directions, the ideas Zone and the incubator, while two more – the Lab and the Bridge – where added within the first year. In the second year of our operation, we launched two additional pillars: Inside the Box and Out of the Box.
Our structure, which follows international standards and is inspired by similar international organizations, is shaped by the demands of current events along with the needs of the industry and is dynamic and, to some extent, experimental.
Ideas Zone, iMEdD’s core training pillar, aims at the exchange and transfer of best practices, experience, tools and know-how, and facilitating cutting-edge training themes – spanning single events to months-long thematic cycles – that equip journalists and media professionals with skills towards both bolstering their careers and the goal of serving the public.
The incubator’s mission is to support individuals and teams who wish to implement innovative projects in the field of journalism, by offering them all the necessary tools, know-how and support to bring their ideas to life. Through transparent selection processes and very close hands-on support, the ultimate goal is to help professionals realize stories that could otherwise remain untold, or innovative experiments in the business of journalism, that could otherwise never materialize. Moreover, it is our aspiration that incubator participants throughout the years, form a creative and innovative group of independent journalists and media professionals.
The LAB is iMEdD’s content production division which publishes original interactive investigative and data-driven stories and content deriving from iMEdD’s programs and activities. It also features people and ideas who change the industry. The Lab is experimenting with new forms and tools in journalism while it supports journalists and researchers who are interested in adopting them.
The Bridge develops synergies with initiatives from Greece and abroad focusing on social issues through journalism. In these cases, journalism serves as a tool for freedom of expression and a vehicle of democracy for population groups that do not have direct access to sources of information.
Inside the Box has the mission to diffuse ideas, transfer know-how and good practices, as well as strategically guide and implement projects in relation to the actions of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
The Out of the Box pillar, involves content productions that are co-organized and implemented with the participation of iMEdD. The objective for this action pillar of the Organization is the development and implementation of experimental and innovative, “out-of-the-box”, ideas for journalism projects.
