REsearch LAbs for TEaching Journalists (RELATE)
Enabling better coverage of science and innovation

EJTA member ‘European Journalism Centre’ is taking part in a project which will provide hands-on science and innovation reporting opportunities to journalism students from all over the continent. The EJC is looking for 80 journalism students who will have the chance to visit several EU labs for a duration of 5 days, from autumn 2009.

Fore more information:
http://mediapusher.eu/relate/posters/relate_poster.pdf

During the last EJTA AGM the following eight schools were accepted as members:

1.Södertörn University (Södertørn, Sweden)
2. Lincoln School of Journalism (Lincoln, UK)
3..Plantijn Hogeschool (Antwerp, Belgium)
4.Christelijke Hogeschool Ede (Ede, The Netherlands)
5.Erasmus Hogeschool (Brussels, Belgium)
6.University of Zaghreb (Zaghreb, Croatia)
7.Southampton Solent University (Southampton, UK)
8.Akademie für Publizistik (Hamburg, Germany)

Welcome!

During the EJTA AGM in Sofia on 15 May the mobility catalogue was officially launched!!!
Use the mobility button on the homepage or go to http://www.ejta.eu/mobility

Visit European countries, live in foreign cities, study at exciting universities.

Journalism students today are in constant motion as they traverse Europe in search of broader perspectives. EJTA encourages all journalism students to study abroad. As the only formal European association of journalism schools, it is in a unique position to catalogue course listings from Europe.

Our Mobility Catalogue enables you to identify the best situation for your interests and academic needs. Plunge into our web pages and discover programmes covering a variety of topics: Multimedia journalism, media convergence, international reporting. It also makes it easy to find the right contact person for every EJTA school - and, in the future, our network will connect EJTA students and alumni on a platform where they can come together and share experiences.

After a successful AGM in Sofia we will be posting presentations, the minutes and all other related documents on the Forum. Stay tuned for updates!

The full programme for the AGM, round tables and panel discussion is now available on the Forum!!!

The Board is delighted to announce the 19th EJTA - Annual General Meeting. This AGM will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The AGM is followed by a conference, organised by the colleagues from Sofia University.

The dates are May 14, 15, 16 and 17. New to the AGM are the Round Table discussions and a Panel Discussion.

All members and invitees are asked to register for various activities via the doodle system. The agenda and the final times and places will be put here just before the AGM

We hope to see you all, please register now

Marianne Peters
President

On the EJTA Forum you will find a special section on the Sofia AGM with more information on registration, practical details, preparation documents etc. etc. Please go to http://www.ejta.eu/index.php/forums/
Here you will also find the registration doodle that you can use for registration (or contact )

Sofia University also has a link http://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/eng/faculties/faculty_of_journalism_and_mass_communication/news

Programme AGM Sofia 14-17 May 2009

Thursday, May 14 Afternoon
Board meeting (for EJTA board only)
16h00 2 Round Tables - parallel
- Young People and the News * Wilfried van den Bossche, chair
- Management in Journalism Training * Steffen Burkhardt, chair
Dinner with Round table participants, Board and hosts

Friday, May 15
9h00 registration
9h15 AGM meeting * Marianne Peters, chair
Evening: Tour to Monastery + diner (Euro 45 per person)

Saturday, May 16
Conference http://portal.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/eng/faculties/faculty_of_journalism_and_mass_communication/news
Panel Discussion
- Reporting Diversity *Ognian Zlatev, chair
Evening: Reception

Sunday, May 17
Conference http://portal.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/eng/faculties/faculty_of_journalism_and_mass_communication/news

Finances
Dinner with participants and invitees Thursday 14 May
(EJTA pays for Board and hosts, participants will have to for themselves)

Tour to Monastery (by bus) + diner Friday 14 May
Participants, invitees and guests (and partners) will pay a contribution of Euro 45 euro per person, to be paid on the morning of the AGM.

Reception on Saturday 15 May
Sofia University is host

Catering on Friday
EJTA will support costs of the catering

The Committee of Concerned Journalists (CCJ) has recently established an International Journalists-in-Residence program (JIR).  The purpose of this program is to provide journalists from overseas with an opportunity to conduct on-the- ground reporting from the United States and gain a perspective on American politics, business, culture and media that cannot be fully examined or understood from abroad.

This newly launched initiative is designed for print, broadcast and online journalists from around the globe.  Participants will have the opportunity to spend up to three months in Washington, D.C. gathering information and producing stories for their home media organization.  Launch of this program coincides with the inauguration of President Barack Obama and his administration’s efforts to tackle the global economic crisis and the many international conflicts across the globe. The JIR program will allow journalists from overseas to examine the impact of these policies on their home countries.

As a journalist-in-residence, each participant will be provided with office space, telephone, computer and high-speed internet access in CCJ’s Washington D.C. headquarters in the National Press Building.  Located in the heart of the nation’s capital, CCJ’s office is two blocks from the White House and is convenient to the U.S. Capitol and most major government agencies. 

For additional information please contact Wally Dean at the Committee of Concerned Journalists by email at and on 202.662.7157.
The CCJ is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing journalists with the tools, research and inspiration they need to create journalism of the highest quality

Help the International Center for Journalists recognize outstanding journalists who uphold the highest standards despite overwhelming challenges.
(http://e2ma.net/go/1798916035/1642214/61126717/goto:http://www.knight.icfj.org/nominate)

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enlargement, in cooperation with the European Youth Press association and cafebabel.com, today announced the start of the second European Young Journalist Award 2009. This diverse award offers aspiring journalists aged 17 – 35 from all over Europe to reflect and express their views on Europe and the European Union’s enlargement.

for more information: http://www.eujournalist-award.eu

In Valencia the EJTA decided to add extra activities to the AGM / Conference. We are setting up two Round Tables and one Panel Discussion.

1. Round Table: Young people and the News
2. Round Table: Management in Journalism Training
3. Panel Discussion: Reporting Diversity

In the FORUM you will find a ‘call for papers’ for the conference. Please respond to the address in the call if you want to present a paper.

Have a look at the website produced and edited by journalism students and their teachers from the Danish School of Media and Journalism. The group is international, with students from all over Europe, Canada/USA, Korea and Australia. The Global Environmental Journalism Initiative (GEJI) project has sent a large group of students into the battlefield: Covering the Beyond Kyoto scientific conference on Climate Change. 2 days. Hard work, hard fun.
http://www.gejiweb.org/BEKY. 

Download a free copy of the Broadcast Voice Handbook by Ann S. Utterback to improve your broadcast voice and delivery for radio, television, and the internet http://www.utterbackpublishing.com/

The next Lectures & Workshops sessions from StratAdviser Lectures @ Workshops in March are scheduled as follow:

• Paris, the 17th of March “Turning affiliates “specificity” into powerful European strategy”
• Paris, the 9th of April “Strengthening European cooperation between pharmaceutical Industry and Private Hospitals: a promising competitive edge”
• London, the 11th of June “Optimize your European reach despite inhomogeneous maturation of portfolio among target countries”

As usual a workshop will allow you to handle the concepts with the goal to implement them immediately thus securing an optimal ROI.

In order to register to the next session please connect to http://www.stratadviser.com/stratadviser_registration.php or

Conference Alert - Only Four Months to Go!


The second Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum from 3-5 June 2009 will primarily highlight the rapid technological development in the world of media and debate the ensuing questions related to modified usage. In light of these changes, the conference will examine the future of content delivery, especially for topics pertaining to peace and security. 


Do not hesitate to register as soon as possible. Early bird registrations (up to the 1st of April) are reduced by 20%!!

For more information see EJTA upcoming events, on the right side of this page.

The Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State Lomonossov University, and EJTA organize a panel discussion “Students without borders” in the frames of the annual conference on Russian Journalism that brings together academicians and journalists from all over Russia. The panel-discussion “Journalism students without borders” will be held on February 10, 2009 at one of the Russian oldest journalism schools based at the Moscow State University.

The organizer of the event invites European and Russian scholars, education managers and journalists to debate how students’ mobility influence journalism education today and in the future, to discuss its best practices and challenging points. During the debate participants are invited to share curriculum issues that could be applied to the mobility programs, discuss balances of grading systems, work out recommendations for promoting mobility among students.

You are also welcome to participate in the main conference program named “Russian Journalism in 2008: Agenda Setting in Media” that consists of plenary sessions and a wide range of sections and round-table discussions. This working language of the conference is Russian. Usually this annual conference brings together more than 300 participants from different universities, journalism schools and mid-career centers of Russian Federation. The conference hosts a range of plenary speakers from media industry, journalism practices and human rights organizations.

For more information or for registration, please contact Dr. Marianna Blinova or Diana Kulchitskaya .

The opening stages of the competition have begun, with numerous requests for participation from Italy, as well as other Mediterranean countries, such as Turkey, Croatia, Albania. The competition, the first of its kind in southern Italy, under the auspices of national and international institutions, aims at promoting both talented young journalists and established professionals, from the written press and TV. The event will also serve as a springboard for all emerging young journalists keen to build an international career.

The absolute deadline for applications is 30 March 2009.