European Federation of Journalists

Workshop: Managing Change in the Media

'Digital journalism and new business models' workshop in Nuremberg as part of the 'Managing Change in the Media' project.

Steering Committee for the ETUC project “REBALANCE”

ITUH Bd du Roi Albert II, 5, Room G, Brussels

First meeting of the Steering Committee for the project “REBALANCE – Trade unions’ and social partners’ actions to improve reconciliation of work, family and private life for women and men”. Project Steering Members: - ETUC: Montserrat Mir, Cinzia Sechi, Mercedes Miletti, Kristian Bongelli - National members: Andreja Poje, ZSSS – Slovenia; Joa Bergold, LO – Sweden; Jessica van Ruitenburg, FNV – Netherlands; Christina Stockfish, DGB – Germany; Rosanna Ruscito, CISL – Italy; Pınar Özcan, HAK-IS – Turkey - European members: Ekaterina Efimenko, ETUCE; Myra Rednoss, IndustriALL; Amel Djemail, UNI; Inga-Lena Heinisch, ETF; Penny Clarke, EPSU; Kerstin Howald, EFFAT; Pamela Morinière,…

Event: Disinformation in the age of social media

Press Club Brussels Europe Rue Froissart, 95, Brussels

Invitation Unlike some politicians, the EFJ actively refrain from using the term “fake news” because it fails to describe the complexity of the “information disorder” phenomenon, and because it is being used by some politicians to discredit journalists. In our view, we must focus on two types of “information disorder”: - disinformation, when false information is knowingly shared to cause harm; - mal-information, when genuine information is shared to cause harm. Discussing this issue and the EU's new approach to tackle the disinformation on social media, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the US Embassy to Belgium have the…