Supported financially and politically by the European Union since 2020, cited in the Media Freedom Act and deployed via several European and national programs, the Journalism Trust Initiative appears less and less like a simple associative project. Although not legally an instrument of the Commission, it seems largely shaped by a European political order, the financial contours of which nevertheless remain poorly documented. The Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI), supported by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), is today regularly presented at institutional level as a private reference tool with a quasi-universal vocation in the fight against disinformation. It is cited in the Media Freedom Act, politically supported in Paris and Brussels alike, and invoked as a label of respectability for the press. However, when it comes to documenting the precise extent of the public financial support it receives, the exercise proves far more tricky. Yet this is a central question. Determining the extent of European and national public support for RSF and JTI is essential to assessing whether this private referential has developed independently or whether it has been, from the outset, oriented…
