"Fake news" is currently being discussed in sensitive contexts such as the US Presidential elections, Brexit and after EU electoral campaigns. The reasons why this phenomenon is more pervasive and impactful today than ever before are the ease with which news can be posted and shared on social media, the velocity with which such news may spread, and the global reach it might effortlessly attain. Consequently, President Juncker has taken up the challenge of fake news in his letter of Intent to the European Parliament and equally in his Mission letter to Commissioner Gabriel. He calls for action to "address…
Meeting with Director-General Tiina Astola from DG JUSTICE to hand the petition on whistleblower protection over.
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) invites you to its event “How to improve the precarious state of journalism in South East Europe and Turkey”, which will take place on the 14th of November 2017 at the Press Club Brussels, in the framework of the project “Building Trust in Media in South East Europe and Turkey”. With financial support from the EU and UNESCO, the project seeks to strengthen freedom of expression, access to information, free, independent and pluralistic media, ensuring that journalists and media are key drivers for democratic, sustainable and peaceful development in the region. On this occasion, seven…
in cooperation with the Belarus Association of Journalists (BAJ)
CONFERENCE Agenda for Change: Developing Media in the Digital Age 16-17 November, Belgrade, Serbia AGENDA Day 0: Wednesday, 15 November 20.00 – 23.00 WELCOME COCKTAIL Day 1: Thursday, 16 November 09.00 – 09.30 REGISTRATION & COFFEE 09.30 – 10.00 OPENING REMARKS Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Republic of Serbia / Vladan Vukosavljević, Minister of Culture and Information of Republic of Serbia, TBC H.E. Axel Dittmann, German Ambassador in Serbia - TBC H.E. Andrea Orizio, Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia 10.00 – 10.30 KEYNOTE SPEECH: ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES FOR CONTEMPORARY MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS POLICYMAKING - Guy Berger, Director of Division Freedom…
Jueves 16 noviembre 09:00-9:30. Inauguración de las jornadas 09:30-11:30. Ponencias Marco: populismo, xenofobia y nuevo racismo. José María Ridao Laurent Bonelli: Populismos e incitación al odio en Francia 11:30-12:00 Café 12:00-14:00. Mesa redonda: Libertad de expresión e incitación al odio: Aspectos jurídicos y mediáticos Ponente…Fiscal/Juez.- Libertad de expresión, Populismos e Incitación al Odio: Regulación y Jurisprudencia Ponente Periodista.-Ética profesional y proyección de los discursos populistas de Incitación al Odio 14:00h – 16:00h Comida Viernes 17 noviembre 09:00- 11:00H Actitudes hacia la inmigración. Europa, España y Euskadi Maria Ángeles Cea D´Ancona. Actitudes hacia la inmigración Evolución y tendencias en Europa y…
CHANGING THE NARRATIVE: MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS IN EUROPE 16th November, 12.30-14.15 Brussels Press Club (light lunch included) In reporting on refugee issues, refugees are very seldom heard themselves. The “refugee reporting” project examined how media in seven European countries portray refugees and how refugees could better represent themselves in media. The two project organisers, the Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe and the World Association for Christian Communication Europe region have the pleasure to invite you to the presentation of the project results Thursday 16th November 12.30-14.15.
The 2017 Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights will take place in Brussels on 20 and 21 November. This year's focus will be on "women's rights in turbulent times". The objective of the Annual Colloquium is to improve mutual cooperation and greater political engagement for the promotion and protection of key fundamental rights in the EU. This year's Colloquium will be a forum in which political decision-makers in the European Union, representatives of civil society organisations, leading academics, businesses and trade unions, media representatives, journalists, and international organisations reflect together, from a fundamental rights perspective, on the relationship between strong fundamental…
The XII Annual International Media-Forum for young journalists «Dialogue of Cultures» will be held from 21st to 23rd of November in the State Hermitage Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation. The event is organised by Ashot Dzhazoyan, President of Mediacongress "The Commonwealth of journalists". Over 300 young journalists will participate to the event. Mediacongress is pleased to invite young journalists from EFJ member organisations in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Island, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey to meet their Russian colleagues in Saint-Petersburg. Practical information: Flights: check out…
European Parliament Brussels - Altiero Spinelli (ASP) 3E-2
Pamela Morinière (IFJ) will speak in the first roundtable on “Empowerment and protection of women journalists and media makers”. https://europeanjournalists.org/mediaagainsthate/media-literacy-training-3-empowerment-and-protection-of-women-journalists-and-media-makers/