My priorities for the EFJ One of the most important issues in Europe is the funding of public service broadcasting. This problem is particularly acute in Eastern Europe. In Estonia, public service broadcasting works well, but very painful cuts have had to be made in the last year. Even the relatively wealthy Finnish public service broadcaster YLE has had to make serious cuts. It is very important that the EFJ Steering Committee seeks solutions for developing a sustainable funding model for public service broadcasting. It is equally important that public service and private media find ways to cooperate so that…

Who I am Journaliste depuis près de trente ans, j’ai principalement travaillé pour des médias vénézuéliens, français ou francophones, en radio et presse écrite. Installé depuis 20 ans à Vichy, j’ai travaillé en presse locale, enseigné le journalisme et participé à des projets culturels pour l’accueil des réfugiés. Désormais je suis journaliste pigiste pour la Gazette des communes et Le Courrier des maires, des médias spécialisés dans les politiques publiques locales. Je suis secrétaire général du SNJ-CGT depuis juin 2024, ainsi que négociateur de branche et délégué syndical élu en entreprise. I am professional journalist since nearly thirty years, I…

My priorities for the EFJ Over the past three years, as President of the European Federation of Journalists, I’ve had the honour of working with great, brave people and witnessing incredible solidarity in these difficult and crisis-filled times. Conflicts, the war in Ukraine, rising violence against journalists, attacks on media freedom, lack of trust in journalism, technological change, and ever-present political pressure—it’s hard even to list all the fronts on which journalism is under attack. But what guided us and made sense of it all was the spirit of unity among EFJ members. We reacted, protected our colleagues, empowered our…

Who I am I’m an Istanbul-based journalist for more than 25 years, holding a master’s degree in human rights law. A member of the Journalists’ Union of Turkey since 2006. I was elected as the Istanbul chair of the union in 2019. After serving for a term, I was elected as the General Secretary in 2023. Also teaching reporting and news writing at the university.  Despite being a member of TGS for many years, my dismissal from daily Hürriyet Newspaper, where I had been working for 23 years, marked the beginning of my journey in TGS. The reason I was…

Who I am I’m a professional journalist and I’m 54 years old. I work for one of Italy’s biggest newspaper “Corriere della Sera”, where in the last ten years I’m an investigative data journalist. I have been a journalist since 1991. My first experiences were in crime and court reporting for local and national newspapers. As a correspondent, I covered the wars in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. From 2000 to 2009, I followed events in the Middle East. From 2009 to 2014, I covered Italian and European issues. From 2003 to 2017, I was vice president of the Italian section of Reporters…

Who I am My name is Allan Boye Thulstrup, and I have been part of the EFJ Steering Committee since 2022. After four years as vice president of the Danish Union of Journalists I was recently elected as president of the Union, which is the only union for media workers in Denmark. Before holding elected office, I, among other things, worked as a journalist covering local and national politics. Why I am standing For the past three years in the SC we have worked on several important issues, and I consider the most important result to be our work on…