The focus of the media freedom and democracy workshop this year will be on the financing of investigative journalism.
In order to honor his memory, a silent vigil will be organized by Jan Kuciak and Martina Kušnírova’s friends and colleagues outside the International Press Center at, Residence Palace Rue de la Loi 155 (Brussels) on Thursday (1st of March 2018) from 12:30 to 13:30.
The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will meet Olivier Hoedeman, from Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), at EFJ HQ.
4th Session of the EU High Level Group on "Fake News" and disinformation. The EFJ will be represented by its GS Ricardo Gutiérrez.
The Council of Europe Committee of experts on quality journalism in the digital age (MSI-JOQ) has been established under the Committee of Ministers Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) for the biennium 2018-2019. The thirteen-member group is tasked with preparing standard-setting instruments (in form of Committee of Ministers recommendations or declarations) and studies for approval by the Steering Committee. More specifically, the MSI-JOQ has been tasked to prepare a Draft recommendation on promoting a favourable environment for quality journalism in the digital age and to carry out a Study on the media and information literacy in the digital…
Event organised by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) of the European University Institute (EUI) in a cooperation with the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences (MAKS) at the University of Malta. The aim of the event is to present the latest results of the Media Pluralism Monitor for Malta, and to encourage a multi-stakeholders discussion about vulnerable aspects of Maltese media system and about wider challenges for freedom of expression and journalism in EU. The Media Pluralism Monitor is a holistic tool regularly applied to assess the state of play of media pluralism and media freedom…
'Digital journalism and new business models' workshop in Nuremberg as part of the 'Managing Change in the Media' project.
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,…
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…
MEP Paulo Rangel, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group, and the Institute for Political Studies of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in association with Europaeum are organising a seminar on “Policy Making at EU Level”, taking place at the European Parliament, Brussels, between March 19th and March 21th. This is a joint effort to link academic and policy institutions, contributing to a better understanding of the process of preparation and discussion of European Union policies, engaging in a lively debate among scholars, students, policy makers and opinion leaders. The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will participate on Panel 5 “Populism vs. Democracy”, on 20th March, from 3.30pm to 4.45pm,…
14:30 – 15:30 Introduction and Plenary Session 15:30 – 16:30 Bilateral Meetings with Geographical Desks
The EFJ GS will meet Jelena Vasic, journalist for Krik.
The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will participate to a panel discussion titled 'Stigmatization of migrants in Europe', at the European Parliament, in the framework presentation of the research "New Forms of Citizenship in Migration Era". The panel will discuss this phenomenon with representatives of policy makers, media and NGOs from Brussels. Adopted recommendations and conclusions will be incorporated into a report “New policy ideas combating stigmatization of migrants in Europe” providing fresh ideas on how political actors could address this through their daily work, especially in the light of European elections in 2019. The event is co-hosted by MEP Tanja Fajon, vice-president…