European Federation of Journalists

Media4Europe summit

The Media4Europe Summit on Wednesday 3rd March 202, is the launching event of the second edition of the Stars4Media exchange and training programme, co-funded by the European Commission. It follows the Media4Europe conference in October 2020, which gathered key MEPs and media stakeholders supporting a NEWS action in the context of the Media Action Plan. This virtual event will be articulated in two parts: 9:30 – 11:30 Stars4Media session (online) 9:30 Short presentation of the Stars4Media Second Edition and of the Media4Europe event and testimonials of award-winning initiatives Panel 1: How startups and incubators can be involved in Stars4Media?: Lina Timm (Media Lab Bayern, Germany); Trees De…

Creative Skills Europe Webinar: “To produce or not to produce is never the question”

On Tuesday, 23 March 2021, from 2-3.30 PM, another digital skills webinar will take place. The European social partners behind Creative Skills Europe – the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the International Federation of Actors (FIA), the International Federation of Musicians (FIM), the Performing Arts Employers Associations League Europe (Pearle*) and UNI Europa media, entertainment & arts (EURO-MEI) are glad to invite you to this second webinar aimed at increasing the digital skills in the Live Performance and Audiovisual sectors. You can register for the webinar here. This second webinar is part of trilogy. After a first event held in November…

Building independent media to counter political interference Day 1

On 19 and 20 April, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) will be hosting a series of two webinars as part of the project “Building independent media to counter political interference” funded by Open Society Foundations. Journalists and media organisations in Europe have been facing unprecedented political pressure in recent years and especially during the Covid pandemic crisis. Such attempts may stem from politicians requesting to alter or halt the production of certain news stories to control the flow of information; smear campaigns to discredit journalists constitute another threat to media freedom; a third type of interference is through national…

Building independent media to counter political interference Day 2

On 19 and 20 April, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) will be hosting a series of two webinars as part of the project “Building independent media to counter political interference” funded by Open Society Foundations. Journalists and media organisations in Europe have been facing unprecedented political pressure in recent years and especially during the Covid pandemic crisis. Such attempts may stem from politicians requesting to alter or halt the production of certain news stories to control the flow of information; smear campaigns to discredit journalists constitute another threat to media freedom; a third type of interference is through national…