European Federation of Journalists

Assemblée générale de l’AJP

Assemblée générale de l'Association des journalistes professionnels Post-vérité, fake news, versus fact-checking… La déferlante d’information bidon sur le Net nous interpelle et nous inquiète. Elle nuit à la confiance du public pour les médias, même les plus sérieux. Elle peut avoir des conséquences énormes sur la vie politique et les enjeux sociétaux. Elle impose aux journalistes de nouvelles tâches de décryptage et de rectifications. Plusieurs initiatives viennent d’être lancées en ce sens, en France notamment. Comment le faire ? Pour quels publics ? Avec quelle efficacité ? L’AJP a invité Maxime Vaudano, journaliste aux Décodeurs du Monde.fr pour partager avec…

OSCE Conference: Freedom of the Media in the Western Balkans

Vienna Vienna, Austria

The objective of this event is to provide a platform for the sharing of initiatives and best practices from the Southeast Europe region on pertinent media freedom issues affecting countries across the entire OSCE region with a particular focus on the Safety of Journalists and Media Ethics. The president of the EFJ Mogens Blicher Bjerregård will participate to the panel on safety of journalists moderated by Jeta Xharra, from Balkan Investigative Reporting Network.

Kick-off Meeting of Project “Advancing Gender Equality in Media Industries (AGEMI)”

Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Project “Advancing Gender Equality in Media Industries (EURO-AGEMI)” Coordinator: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, King’s Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom represented by David Hill. Partners: University of Padova, Via del Santo 28, 35123 Padova, Italy represented by Professor Elena Pariotti University of Gothenburg, PO Box 100, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden represented by Dr Ludde Edgren European Federation of Journalists, 155 rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels, Brussels represented by Mr Ricardo Gutiérrez Permanent Conference of the Mediterranean Audio-visual Operators (COPEAM), Via A Cadlolo 90, 00136 Rome, Italy represented by Mr Claudio Cappon.

EVA Seminar: Visual Authors’ Rights to Digital Value

European Parliament - A7F387 Brussels, Belgium

Platform liability, transfer of value Framing and embedding technologies Collective management: ensuring remuneration for authors Speakers: MEP Giorgos Grammatikakis MEP Therese Comodini-Cachia MEP Jean-Marie Cavada Werner Schaub (Painter, President of IAA/AIAP, Germany) Herve di Rosa (Painter, President of CIAGP, France) Perico Pastor (Painter, Spain) Alfonso Gutierrez (CEPIC) Vincent van den Eijnde (Pictoright, The Netherlands) Anke Schierholz (VG Bild-Kunst, Germany) Marie-Anne Ferry-Fall (President of EVA) The seminar will be moderated by Carola Streul, Secretary General of EVA

The Future of News in a Hyperconnected World

European Parliament - P5B001 Brussels, Belgium

On March 1st, MEP Marietje Schaake will be hosting an event on the future of news, from 12:30 to 15:00 in the European Parliament in Brussels. Independent journalism is under pressure as a result of financial constraints. Local media are hardly surviving and free online content is sprawling. On social media platforms that are built for maximum profit, sensational stories easily go viral, even if they are not true. Online propaganda is at an all-time high and personalised newsfeeds result in filter bubbles, which has a direct impact on the state of democracy. On March 1st, we will explore how journalists,…