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…

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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…

In the aftermath of the coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, the government declared a state of emergency and intensified its purge on the media. Almost one year later over 180 media outlets – including television and radio channels, newspapers, press agencies, publishing houses and websites – have been shut down and more than 150 journalists have been jailed. Several thousand media workers have lost their jobs and hundreds their press credentials. Though media freedom in Turkey has been steadily declining throughout the last decade, it deteriorated radically in the wake of the coup attempt. The printed press was…

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