The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is organising a conference about defending the truth in the era of "fake news" on 13 and 14 June. The event will take place in Leipzig, Germany. International experts will present case studies about how to combat and deal with „fake news“ – from forged war pictures from Syria to the creation of myths in the French election campaign. They will introduce „elves“ from Lithuania who prevent „trolls“ from disseminating propaganda and smear campaigns in (social) media and the fact-checking tools for the verification of sources and pictures. From the EFJ,…

On 13 June, the Radio-Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) and the Bosnian and Herzegovina Association of Journalists (BHN) are organising a conference on “National Public Service Broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina” in Sarajevo. The joint event aims to address the urgent situation of Public Service Broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina and help in finding an immediate solution for saving the national public service media in BiH. The Conference is organized in cooperation with Council of Europe, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the OSCE Representative of Freedom on the Media, the South Eastern European…

MolenGeek, in association with the U.S. Embassy in Brussels, would like to officially invite you to participate in TechForum Brussels: Digital Citizenship, Building Trust  hosted June 15-16 in Brussels, Belgium. TechForum Brussels will bring together top civil society partners, including journalists, NGOs, and academics, from across Western Europe to define and co-create solutions to key challenges posed in the modern media environment. We aim to create a collaborative environment, where you will be connected with top technologists and experts working to develop cutting-edge and data-driven solutions. We hope you will leave TechForum better equipped with new ideas as to how to build persuasive…

12th meeting of the Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI). Under the authority of the Committee of Ministers, the CDMSI steers the Council of Europe's work in the field of freedom of expression, media, Internet governance and other information society issues and it oversees the work on personal data protection. The CDMSI advises the Committee of Ministers on all questions within its area of expertise, including freedom, independence, pluralism and diversity of media, safety of journalists, support for professional journalism, protection and promotion of human rights in the information society, in particular freedom of expression on the Internet. The EFJ is an observer member of…

http://www.feps-europe.eu/en/news/970_the-refugee-crisis-and-the-future-of-the-internal-and-external-dimensions-of-eu-migration-and-asylum

https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2017/06/19/the-precarious-state-of-journalism/ https://europeanjournalists.org/fr/2017/06/08/journaliste-un-metier-en-voie-de-precarisation/ The European Federation of Journalists and the European Trade Union Institute invite you for the presentation of : HesaMag #15 : Journalism, an increasingly precarious profession HesaMag #15 : Journaliste, un métier en voie de précarisation Speakers include Renate Schroeder (EFJ), Director Antonis Repanas, ESIEMTH, journalist and author Florence Le Cam, ULB X, ETUC

The European Federation of Journalists and the European Trade Union Institute invite you for the presentation of : HesaMag #15 : Journalism, an increasingly precarious profession HesaMag #15 : Journaliste, un métier en voie de précarisation Speakers include Ricardo Gutierrez (EFJ), General Secretary (TBC) Antonis Repanas, ESIEMTH, journalist and author (TBC) X, ETUI (TBC) X, ETUC (TBC)

EU Delegation to Russia will be bringing to Brussels a group of 15 Russian journalists for a seminar on the EU and its relations with Russia

European workshop Thanks to the contributions of experts and to the testimonies of practitioners, the workshop will discuss some of the key transformations faced by our sectors today: digitisation, the need to experiment with new business models, the impact of those evolutions on work organisation and on individual careers. It will also collect best practices on support schemes and tools experimented across Europe to help sector professionals acquire the right set of skills to address those challenges. In addition to the wealth of expertise in the room, discussions will build up on the outcomes of a previous European project which…