European Federation of Journalists

UNESCO Colloquium: Journalism under fire

UNESCO Headquarters 7, Place de Fontenoy, Paris, France

UNESCO will organize two round table discussion in order to provide a global platform to assess the international landscape facing media actors. Thus, media leaders, journalists, experts and Member States will have an opportunity to analyze the extent to which there is a “crisis of journalism”, and unpack the main driving forces involved. The format of both round tables will generally not be speeches, but television - style discussion and debate with a panel, as well as audience interaction. Organized in association with the International Programme for the Development of Communication, this colloquium will be held at UNESCO Headquarters within…

ECPMF conference: Promoting dialogue between the ECtHR and the media freedom community

Agora Building, Room 1 Strasbourg, France

Promoting dialogue between the ECtHR and the media freedom community Freedom of expression and the role and case law of the European Court of Human Rights: developments and challenges The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), supported by the Council of Europe and in cooperation with its partners, invites you to attend the conference “Promoting dialogue between the ECtHR and the media freedom community”. The event takes place on 24 of March 2017 at the Council of Europe's Agora Building in Strasbourg, France. The one-day conference aims to bring together judges and lawyers of the European Court of…

RightsCon Brussels

Crowne Plaza Rue Gineste 3, Brussels, Belgium

Access Now is proud to bring you the sixth installment of RightsCon, the world’s leading event on the future of the internet. Together we are shaping the global conversation about how to keep the internet open, free, and secure.RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016,brought together more than 1,100 attendees from 84 countries and more than 500 organizations. This upcoming March in Brussels, Belgium we’re gathering the global digital rights community in the heart of European politics and policymaking to host our most impactful RightsCon yet. This year’s program themes will include: Freedom of Expression: circumvention, the latest in media and journalism, internet…

How is Europe’s Media fighting fake news and disinformation?

EBU Brussels office 56, avenue des Arts, Brussels, Belgium

Short presentation by speakers followed by moderated open discussion. Welcome and moderation Nicola Frank, EBU Head of European Affairs Ricardo Gutiérrez, EFJ Secretary-General   Speakers Simon Wilson – BBC News Editor, Europe Bureau – How BBC's Newsround explains Fake News to children Eric Scherer - Director of Future Media at France Televisions – Action Plan to fight fake news André Wolf (TBC) – Author at Mimikama, Austria – The Fake Hunters Tanja Fajon MEP (TBC) – former journalist and member of the EP Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Inder Burgarin - Mexican journalist Giles Portman (TBC) - Head…

Media Freedom under attack

European Parliament

Monitoring and solutions at EU level 18h30 - 18h45 Welcome address and introductory remarks Curzio Maltese, MEP 18h45 - 20.00 Moderator: Giovanni Melogli, Alliance Internationale de Journalistes Pier Luigi Parcu, Director of the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom Alina Ostling, Research Associate at Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom Roman Imielski, News editor, Gazeta Wyborcza Ricardo Guitierrez, General Secretary of European Federation of Journalists Krisztina Stump - Deputy Head of Unit, DG CONNECT, European Commission 20h- 20h30 Q&A Session