European Federation of Journalists

Journalist workshop European Ideas Lab

Bruxelles Environnement Tour & Taxis, Avenue du Port 86C / 3000, Brussels, Belgium

The European Ideas Lab is about bringing change-makers together to understand the struggles we face, to share our thoughts - and to see how we can potentially help each other to make the changes we all want to see. The Greens/EFA group has invited organizations, movements and individuals dedicated to making changes in the fields of democracy, migration, urban issues, social justice, green economy and the environment. But the Greens/EFA group also want to look at the role of the media and what we can learn from new ideas of investigative an quality journalism and how we as politicians can…

European ideas lab: Greens meet changemakers

Brussels Brussels, Belgium

Workshop on: Quality Journalism (This workshop is for journalists only!) Hosts: Rebecca Harms and Jan Phillip Albrecht How do we deal with social media becoming a more and more important source of information? In times "post -truth" is word of the year and many people think facts can be better replaced by emotions, how can you still ensure quality journalism? How is it possible to distinguish fake from real news? How has the role of media changed in the last years? What can be recipes to counter propaganda? What can be organisational concepts and what should the role of politics…

Socialists and Democrats Seminar on European Radical Right

European Parliament - A3G3 Brussels, Belgium

Meeting of the S&D Working Group on extremism, populism, nationalism and xenophobia with experts Draft Agenda 1. Outlook for the European radical right in 2017 and the Netherlands election preview Prof. Dr. Sarah L. de Lange, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam Confirmed 2. Breitbart News and its plans of conquering the continent in 2017: strategies for destabilising far-right media Gerald Hensel, social media strategist, Berlin Confirmed 3. European Media and the rise of Right Wing Populists: counter strategies and responses Ricardo Gutiérrez, EFJ 4. Combatting racism and xenophobia in the EP - New Rules of Procedure Elizabeth Drury,…

ETUC event ‘Time for Our Recovery – Europe needs a pay rise’

ITUH Auditorium Boulevard du Roi Albert II 5, Brussels, Belgium

The ETUC event ‘Time for Our Recovery – Europe needs a pay rise’ will be the opportunity to launch the Europe-wide campaign for a pay rise for workers in Europe (the EFJ is partner of the campaign). The event starts on February 14 at 14:30 and finishes on February 15 at 13:00. The afternoon of the 14th will be a public event to which trade unionists, employers, high level representatives of national Governments and EU institutions will discuss and debate why Europe needs a pay rise and how a pay rise would be good for the economy and for social justice.…

TCA Project meeting

Hotel Crowne Plaza Rue Gineste 3, Brussels, Belgium

BUILDING ON EXPERIENCES: A WIN-WIN APPROACH TO TRANSNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES Lead Applicant: European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). Associated organisations: BusinessEurope, CEEP, BDA, DA, MEDEF, EFBWW, EFFAT, EFJ, EPSU, ETF, IndustriAll and UNI Europa.

Assemblée générale de l’AJP

Assemblée générale de l'Association des journalistes professionnels Post-vérité, fake news, versus fact-checking… La déferlante d’information bidon sur le Net nous interpelle et nous inquiète. Elle nuit à la confiance du public pour les médias, même les plus sérieux. Elle peut avoir des conséquences énormes sur la vie politique et les enjeux sociétaux. Elle impose aux journalistes de nouvelles tâches de décryptage et de rectifications. Plusieurs initiatives viennent d’être lancées en ce sens, en France notamment. Comment le faire ? Pour quels publics ? Avec quelle efficacité ? L’AJP a invité Maxime Vaudano, journaliste aux Décodeurs du Monde.fr pour partager avec…

OSCE Conference: Freedom of the Media in the Western Balkans

Vienna Vienna, Austria

The objective of this event is to provide a platform for the sharing of initiatives and best practices from the Southeast Europe region on pertinent media freedom issues affecting countries across the entire OSCE region with a particular focus on the Safety of Journalists and Media Ethics. The president of the EFJ Mogens Blicher Bjerregård will participate to the panel on safety of journalists moderated by Jeta Xharra, from Balkan Investigative Reporting Network.