Czech Republic: Public media funding bill raises concerns over compatibility with EMFA

A new government bill which would overhaul the funding model for the Czech public media risks financially weakening the broadcasters, eroding safeguards for their financial independence and violating European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), the undersigned Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and other media freedom, journalist and freedom of expression organisations warn today. Our organisations call on the European Commission to closely assess this bill regarding its compatibility with Article 5 of EMFA and to ensure that no reforms are undertaken which threaten the financial, editorial or institutional independence of the Czech public media.…

Slovakia

SLOVENSKY SYNDIKAT NOVINAROV (SUSPENDED in April 2024) Address Zupné nám 7 815 68 Bratislava Slovakia President Daniel Modrovsky – predseda@ssn.sk / +421 (0) 904 445 366 Phone +421 (0) 2 5443 5071 Email sekretariat@ssn.sk Website http://www.ssn.sk/ 

Serbia

JOURNALISTS’ ASSOCIATION OF SERBIA (JAS) – UNS Address Resavska 28/I 11000 Beograd Staff Zivojin Rakocevic (President) – zivojin.rakocevic@uns.rs Nino Brajovic (Secretary General) – nino.brajovic@uns.rs Phone +381 11 323 6337 Email press@uns.org.rs / unsinfo1@uns.org.rs Website Twitter www.uns.org.rs @UNSinfo INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS’ ASSOCIATION (IJAS) – NUNS Address Resavska 28/II 11000 Beograd Staff Zeljko Bodrozic (President) – predsednik@nuns.rs Tamara Filipovic Stevanovic (Secretary Genaral) – sekretar@nuns.rs, tamara.filipovic@nuns.rs, +381 66 88 22 009 Phone +381 11 323 6337 Email nuns@nuns.rs Website Twitter www.nuns.rs @NUNS_1994 JOURNALISTS’ UNION OF SERBIA (SINOS) Address Resavska 28 11000 Beograd Staff Dragana Cabarkapa (President) –draganacabarkapa9@gmail.com Dejan Gligorijevic (Vice President) – deglijan@outlook.com Phone +381 11 33 469 22…

Russia

Journalists’ and Media Workers’ Union (JMWU) Address JMWU, 263, rue de Paris, Case 570, 93514 Montreuil, France Staff Chair: Sofia Rusova, rusovasofia@gmail.com Co-Founders: Masha Mayers, Johann Bihr, Daniel Jvirblis Email russianmediainexile@gmail.com Website Twitter Telegram channel https://jmwu.org/ @PZhurnalist profzhur  

Romania

Federația Cultură și Mass-Media FAIR – MediaSind Address Piata Presei Libere nr.1 Casa Presei, intrarea B1, etaj 1, sector 1 Bucuresti Staff Leonard-Octavian Păduret (President) Cristinel Godinac (Executive President) Adrian Ionescu, Ion Moraru (Vice-presidents) Gabriel Nastase (General Secretary) Phone + 40 037 21 50 189 + 40 073 01 12 456 Email office@mediasind.ro Website Twitter www.mediasind.ro @MediaSind

Portugal

  SINDICATO DOS JORNALISTAS (RJ) Address Rua dos Duques de Bragança, 7 E 1249-059 Lisboa Portugal President Luís Filipe Simões – direccao@sinjor.pt Phone +351 21 346 43 54 / +351 21 346 71 75 Email sj@sinjor.pt Contact Person Cláudia Martins Website Twitter http://www.jornalistas.eu/ @SindicatoJorn

Belarus

Belarus Association of Journalists Address Kalvariyskaya str., 16-265, 220004, Minsk, Republic of Belarus (temporarily based in Lithuania) Staff Andrei Bastunets (Chairperson) Barys Haretski (Deputy chairperson), barys.haretski@baj.media Phone Email office@baj.media Website Twitter www.baj.media @baj_by

Austria

Gewerkschaft GPA Address Alfred-Dallinger-Platz 1 A-1030 Wien President Eike-Clemens Kullmann Phone +43 / (0)5 03 01-301 Email service@gpa.at Secretariat Edgar Wolf – Edgar.Wolf@gpa-djp.at Christina Höferl – Christina.Hoeferl@gpa-djp.at Website Twitter www.gpa-djp.at @GewerkschaftGPA   younion _ Die Daseinsgewerkschaft Address z.Hd.Herrn Thomas Kattnig Maria-Theresien-Strasse, 11 A-1090 Wien Oesterreich President Chairman: Ing. Christian Meidlinger Phone +43/0676-8989 41 111 +43/664-6145406 Email info@younion.at Contact person Thomas Kattnig (Communications Officer) – thomas.kattnig@younion.at Website Twitter www.younion.at @younion_at  

EFJ FOCUS, 23 December 2013

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EFJ FOCUS, 29 November 2013

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Managing change in journalism: innovation and trade unions in the news industry

(2011) The media industry is undergoing a revolutionary change. Only few actors attempt to untangle the changing relationship and deal with some important questions raised over the quality of journalism and the increasingly volatile working conditions faced by journalists. The report Managing Change in Journalism published by the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) attempts to answer these questions through a thorough analysis of a drastically changing media environment. Download the report

EFJ Focus, 25 October 2013

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Resolutions Verviers 2013

The EFJ Annual Meeting in Verviers on 13 – 15 May 2013 has adopted 21 resolutions on Economic Crisis, Labour Rights, Gender Media Policy Press Freedom and Safety Gender Authors’ Rights EFJ Functioning You can download the resolutions in English or French. The Annual Meeting has also made statements to express solidarity with journalists and their unions in Cyprus, Greece, Israel, France and foreign correspondents in Syria. You can download the statements in English or French. Photo: @FadilaLaanan