CV I was born on 20th September 1981 in Podgorica, Montenegro I have worked as a journalist since I was 19 years old 2011 – graduated from a law school at the Faculty of Law in Podgorica 2012 – gained Criminal Law Specialization at the Faculty of Law in Podgorica 2001- 2014: I worked as a journalist, specialized in topics related to labor law and economics, in the daily newspaper “Vijesti” 2013 – present: President of Trade Union of Media of Montenegro since its establishment in 2013 2013 – present: Member of the Collegium of…

          CV Andreas K. Bittner (Germany), political economist, freelance journalist and author, former board member and Honorary Treasurer of Deutscher Journalisten-Verband (DJV). Since the days of the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull (April 2010) Honorary Treasurer of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) – co-founder and driving force behind the independent Association internationale sans but lucratif (Aisbl). Author of two international studies for the EFJ: “Managing Change – Innovation and Trade Unionism in the News Industry” (2011/12) and “Confronting Austerity. Financial and Employment Models in Journalism” (2014). Andreas is focusing on digitization, digital media, crowd funding and larger financial issues in the “real” and virtual world; interested…

CV and Statement After 13 years working in newspapers both reporting and sub editing I left print journalism to join BBC radio, reporting, producing, news reading and also becoming a news editor.  I then moved to Television News, also reporting and producing, and spent almost thirty years at the BBC, finishing as the editor of a daily half hour news programme serving the whole of Eastern England. I now work on a voluntary basis for the NUJ, negotiating and representing our members working at the BBC.  I am also one of the union’s three National Officers as the Honorary General…

Candidate as President   Mogens Blicher Bjerregård, 58 years, Danish Union of Journalists CV From 2015: Freelance 1999-2015: President of the Danish Union of Journalists 1997-1999: Consultant at the Danish Union of Journalists 1993-1997: Chair of the chapel of journalists at Danish Broadcasting Cooperation 1984-1993:    Working as journalist at TV, newspaper and radio 1980-1984: Student at and graduated from the Danish School of Journalism in Århus   International: 2013-2016: EFJ: President of the European Federation of Journalists 2007-2010: IFJ: Member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Journalists 2014-2018: IPDC: Member of the Council and Bureau of the…

    CV Current president of the Journalists Association of Santiago de Compostela (APSC) and member of Steering Committee of Spanish Federation of Journalists (FAPE) and representative for Exterior Relations. Elected member of IFJ (International Federation of Journalists) ExCom on behalf of Spanish journalists in Dublin, 2013. Chief Editor, Head of Section, Coordinator Reports and Director of Programs on Television de Galicia Channel (TVG), since 1985. Currently in Comunication & Public Relations CRTVG Dep. Program Director of the following: 2004/08 ‘Terras de Acolá’ (Lands Beyond the Sea), about  Portugal and the eight Portuguese        speaking countries: Cape Verde, Sâo Tome…

Poland’s president Andrzej Duda has signed today a controversial state media law. Prior to the next weekly meeting by the college of Commissioners on 13 January, 2016 in which the European Commissioners will discuss both the developments of the Constitutional Court and the media law in Poland, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has sent the following letter to Commissioner Günther Oettinger. Commissioner Günther Oettinger, responsible for the digital economy and society, said on Sunday Poland should be put under the EU’s rule of law supervision, a three-step procedure consisting of a Commission assessment, a Commission recommendation and a follow-…