June Newsletter 2011

Maastricht - June 14, 2011

Sanoma cooperation

The EJC has entered a cooperation contract with Sanoma Group, a broad European media group with operations in more than 20 countries. The project centres around new media trainings for editors-in-chief and also looks into the future of journalism and media economics. Sanoma Group includes Sanoma Media, a leading European magazine publisher with a magazine portfolio of some 280 titles as well as strong online, mobile and television/radio activities. Contact: Anne Autio ».

MAITRE launches

The EU funded project MAITRE (Media Actions for International Training of Researchers) will, starting in October 2011, run 50 training seminars in several EU and associated countries. Journalists and media experts will train a target group of roughly 600 researchers from organisations involved in food science to better communicate scientific information to the public at large. Contact: Cristina Romero ».

Events for journalists

The EJC has signed a four-year contract with the European Commission to implement information events for journalists related to EU affairs. The contract will allow the EJC, in cooperation with European institutions, to produce seminars, workshops, briefings and conferences for journalists from Europe and across the globe on the EU and its policies. The contract also allows for the further development of the multilingual website eu4journalists.eu ».

CL!CK ABOUT IT continues

With support from Oxfam Novib, the EJC will in the beginning of July 2011 launch the third edition of the CL!CK ABOUT IT international photography competition. The three-month contest will focus on aid related issues and will be held prior to the G20 meeting scheduled to take place in late November in France. Stay tuned! ».

Trip to Tanzania

The three winners of the EJC competition Young Reporters Against Poverty are about to set off on a four day trip to Tanzania. Katie Davies (UK), Alba Malaga Homs (Spain) and Chiara Zappalà (Italy) will on 20-24 June have a chance to meet with the President of Tanzania H.E. Jakaya Kikwete and visit a EU Mission. Follow the coverage of their experience at youngreporters.net ».

Your take on Data Journalism

As governments and international agencies are making collections of data freely available online and more tools for data analysis and visualisation are being developed, the short survey “Data-Driven Journalism - Your opinion” aims to gather the opinion of journalists on the emerging practice of data-driven journalism and their training needs in this new field. The results of the survey will be publicly released and one of the entries will be awarded an Amazon voucher of EUR 100! ».

Kamel Shiaa Prize

A story depicting the impact of the war on Iraqi children and their perception of the various religious communities around them has won the Kamel Shiaa Prize. Gathered in Brussels on May 31st, a jury committee of six international journalists awarded the Iraqi journalist Maryam Mohammed Jaafar for her article "Violence is spreading among the Iraqi children". The winner will receive a three-month skills training programme in Brussels under the auspices of the EJC ».

Countdown to South Korea

The EJC has selected six European journalists to take part in a Fellowship programme covering political, economic and social issues in the Korean peninsula. The press visit organised in co-operation with the Korea Press Foundation will take place between August 23 - September 3 and includes trips to the Demilitarised Zone, Jeju Island and other key locations in South Korea ».

TH!NK with us!

With the closing of the fifth and final round of the international blogging competition TH!NK5: Water, the TH!NK team is now looking for enthusiastic TH!NKers, as well as anyone interested in the project, to contribute ideas and feedback on the future development of the TH!NK ABOUT IT project. Thank you for taking the short survey and TH!NKing with us to the next level! Who knows, you may even win a 100 USD Amazon gift card in the process! ».

EJC now hiring!

The EJC has job openings for the positions for Project Manager and Project Assistant at its offices in Maastricht and Brussels ».

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