Bosnia and Herzegovina: Prevent the shutdown of BHRT, urgent European action needed

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its affiliate, Bosnia-Herzgovina Journalists’ Association (BHN), in warning that BHRT, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s public service broadcaster, is on the verge of shutting down, and in calling for urgent action from Bosnian and European institutions to prevent its possible collapse. BHRT has been in a long-standing financial and institutional crisis, but the situation has now reached a point where the broadcaster’s very survival is at risk. Last week, BHRT was forced to start reducing its programming due to a lack of funding, while its bank accounts have been blocked for over a month. There…

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   THE BRANCH TRADE UNION FOR CULTURE, ART AND MEDIA “NEZAVISNOST” (GS KUM NEZAVISNOST) Address Nusiceva 21 11000 Beograd Staff Darko Sper (President) – darko.sper@gmail.com Tatjana Brebanovic…

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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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

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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

EFJ Focus, 10 May 2013

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