September Newsletter 2011

Maastricht - September 6, 2011

EJC @PICNIC 2011

From database cities to urban stories is the title of EJC’s session on 15 September at this year’s PICNIC Festival for the creative industries. The event will examine the potential of urban data environments, the media ecologies they generate and the way these new approaches transform our relationship with our cities. The list of speakers includes Saskia Sassen (Columbia University, USA), Mark Shepard (State University of New York, USA and Mirko Lorenz (Deutsche Welle, Germany). Contact Liliana Bounegru for ticket discounts ».

Food for thought

Experienced journalists will this month start training a target group of 600 food and nutrition scientists to equip them with the tools to better interact with the media and communicate with the public. The first two MAITRE seminars will take place on 23 September in Opatija, Croatia, in collaboration with the 7th International Congress of Food Technologists, Biotechnologists and Nutritionists, and on 26 September in Varna, Bulgaria, in the run up to the 3rd MoniQA International Conference: Food Safety and Consumer Protection ».

Internal market and data protection

EU journalists covering the internal market or cyber security issues are invited to apply for two tailor-made seminars in Brussels: European Contract Law on 20 October and Data Protection on 8 November. At each seminar, EU officials and independent experts will update 30 journalists on the latest developments in the fields. Travel and accommodation arrangements for the duration of the events will be covered ».

Polish environmental journalists

Resource efficiency, biodiversity and climate change are among the environmental priorities of Poland’s ongoing EU Presidency. Exclusively tailored for Polish journalists specialised in environmental affairs, the two-day information briefing Covering the Polish Presidency: Environmental Priorities will on 29-30 September enable participants to meet with EU high-ranking officials, policy makers and experts from Brussels-based think tanks and international NGOs. Apply here ».

Young journalists in Luxembourg

The Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs has for the fourth consecutive year asked EJC to organise a series of four workshops for journalists. The first two seminars, for Icelandic and Turkish journalists, will take place from 14-22 September in Reykjavik, Ankara and Luxembourg. With a focus on young journalists under 30, each group will also include a number of senior members of the press ».

Policy, Politics and Power

The EU funded media development project, The European Neighbourhood Journalism Network, a consortium led by the Thomson Foundation, the European Journalism Centre and the International Federation of Journalists will hold a conference on Media Futures – Policy, Politics and Power on 10-11 October 2011 in Brussels. The two-day international event will bring together a cornucopia of top level speakers to discuss the future of journalism, press freedom, the business of news and the influence of social media on the 2011 revolutions. ».

EU development policy

Development is at the heart of EU´s external action. The European Commission will this autumn set a new direction for the EU´s development policy, with two new key communications. EU journalists are invited to apply for a seminar on the Future of EU development policy, to be held on 18-20 October in Brussels ».

Media literacy for Macedonia

The closing event of the 30-month Media Literacy education in Macedonia project took place on 2 September in Skopje. Organised by EJC's local partner, the Macedonian Institute for Media, the one-day conference brought together over 40 media and education professionals with Dutch and Macedonian government officials to share project outputs. Over 1000 primary and secondary school teachers from across the country were trained on designing and implementing media literacy courses, which are now to be embedded in the national education curriculum ».

End of the road

The two-year Press4Transport project will conclude at the end of September. EJC was part of the consortium dedicated to giving media exposure to sustainable local and regional surface transport projects. The consortium was active in writing and disseminating press releases for projects across EU-27. All press material will remain available on the project website ».

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