Vienna – The Media Forward Fund (MFF) has awarded its first funds: two media outlets from Austria and Switzerland will each receive up to 400,000 euros. The inclusive medium comes from Austria on the other hand and the research platform Dossier enjoy the funding, in Switzerland it is the investigative medium Reflect and the local media Syria. There were 136 applications for the first round, and a jury will decide on the funding. She awarded over 1.5 million euros in the first call.