European Federation of Journalists

Online seminar “Trust in media: Trends, Skills and Training in Journalism”


The journalistic profession is rapidly changing as a result of the emergence of new technologies. Journalists are expected to acquire new skills and do multi-tasking. They have to be an all-in-one journalist, photographer and camera operator. At the same time, they are caught up in the 24-hours news cycle and lack the time to take part in training in order to learn new skills. Instead, most of them are learning these new skills while performing their jobs. Media companies are less and less interested in offering training for their journalists due to budget cuts. How can we solve this dilemma and provide support to journalists?

Against this backdrop, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), as part of the Trust and quality in journalism project, is organising a two-days webinar to explore what journalistic skills are needed to thrive in the digital world and how media companies and journalists’ organisations can provide support to journalists.

registration

The webinars will take place on 23 and 24 June, from 1 – 3 PM each day. Click here to register for Day 1 and here to register for Day 2. All participants and speakers have to register and will then be sent a confirmation link to join. If you want to join on both days, please register for each day separately.

You can find more information on the speakers here.

agenda

Day 1 – Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 13:00 – 15:00 (CET)

13:00 – 13:15: Introduction

Monique Hofmann, dju in ver.di General Secretary

Renate Schroeder, EFJ Director

13:15 – 14:15: Trends and skills in journalism 

What are the latest trends in journalism? What skills are required of journalists by media organisations to survive in the digital world? Who should be responsible for providing training?

Federica Cherubini, Head of Leadership Development, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Jan Siebert, Deutsche Welle 

Antonia Rauth, Podcaster Der Standard

Maria Pia Rossignaud, Osservatorio TuttiMedia

Moderator: Mogens Blicher Bjerregård, EFJ President

14:15 – 14:50: Deep-dive

Participants will choose to join in with one of the speakers (above) and have a deeper conversation and discussion. 

14:50 – 15:00 Reporting from break-out sections and wrapping up

 

Day 2 – Thursday, 24 June 2021, 13:00 – 15:00 (CET)

13:00 – 13:05: Recap and introduction

Yuk Lan Wong, EFJ Policy and Project Officer

13:05 – 14:15: Good practices in offering training to journalists

This panel will explore various good practices and initiatives developed by journalists’ organisations, media employers and other journalism training institutions to develop training courses for journalists, including on safety and with a focus on young journalists.

Orhan Sener, Director of TGS Academy, Turkey 

Elisabet Wahl, Swedish Union of Journalists, SJF

David Bevan, Safety expert and trainer

Stefania Berretta, Ordine, Italy/FNSI

Facilitator: Justine Pecquet, AJPro

14:15 – 14:50 Deep-dive

Participants will choose to join in with one of the speakers (above) and have a deeper conversation and discussion. 

14:50 – 15:00 Reporting from break-out sections and wrapping up

This activity is part of a two-year project “Trust in Journalism” launched by the EFJ and is co-funded by the European Commission (DG EMPL).