European Youth Media Days 2008

LIVE FROM THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. YOUTH REPORTING

New media. Open minds. Challenging ideas. From October 15-17 2008, the next generation of European journalists will meet at the European Parliament in Brussels for the second edition of the European Youth Media Days. Application until September 24 2008 at www.youthmediadays.eu. 

Youthweek.eu goes online in September

Do you care about the future of youth in Europe? In that case EYP has some good news. This year's website dedicated to the European Youth Week 2008 - youthweek.eu - will be up and running this month.

European Commission launches Diversity and Discrimination Journalist Award

The "For Diversity. Against Discrimination." Journalist Award showcases the talents of those media professionals who, through their writing, contribute to a better understanding of the benefits of diversity and the fight against discrimination. For the fifth successive year, submissions are invited for this European competition which honours journalists from both online and printed media. 

First Green European Summer University aims to "bridge gaps"

Orange at M100 Youth Media Workshop in Potsdam

Which role will journalists play in the future? What is necessary for the training of European journalists? These and other pressing issues will be debated at the fourth M100 Youth Media Workshop in Potsdam from 21st to 25th August.
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Summer Media School in Lisbon!

For the first time ever, Lisbon hosts a Summer Media School! During eight days 40 young media makers will work in one of four workshops: television, radio, photography or printed media.
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Conference in Skopje (Macedonia)

"Information society and its impact on youth media"
Forum of European Journalism Students Macedonia (FEJS Macedonia ) is organizing the East European conference which will take place in Macedonia 12th and 13th September 2008.
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Orange at EU Youth Event in Ljubljana

A small Orange team is reporting, from Ljubljana, the EU Youth event, ''Promoting the participation of young people with fewer opportunities in the society,'' from the 18th to the 21st of April. read more ...

News after General Assembly!

Last week representatives of almost all member organizations from EYP met in Barcelona to elect a new board and work on a strategy for next two years. read more ...

General Assembly 2008

The European Youth Press is holding its 2008 General Assembly in Barcelona, Spain. The G.A. will follow the international network meeting on European media project creation ''START IT!'' read more ...

Start it! International network meeting on European media project creation

The European Youth Press is organising an international networking meeting on European media project creation between the 15th and the 20th of June. Get Started! is a conference hosted by the Goethe-Institute in Barcelona. Its purpose is to develop new projects, and to integrate the candidate member organisations into the big EYP family. read more ...

Future Project development Conference

Get started! This is the motto of the project development conference in Barcelona, taking place from 16th to 20th of June 2008. Hosted by the Goethe Institut in Barcelona, the conference aims to bring together active multipliers involved in the EYP network. read more ...

Call for coordinators for youthmedia.eu

youthmedia.eu will be the first web based social network for journalists in Europe and a portal that offers updated information on European Media developments. Media makers from the printed and online press, television and radio, but also programmers, web-developers and designers, will be able to create their own profile and connect with others across Europe. read more ...

New Project Manager for the European Youth Media Days 2008

Linda Poppe is a German twenty-five year old, currently finishing her masters in Conflict Studies and International Politics as an Erasmus student in Belgium. read more ...

European Young Journalism Award Results!

The jury members from all the 35 countries have made their decisions! Check out the names of the winners on the website... read more ...

EYP Birthday Bash with Youth Forum Jeunesse

The European Youth Press' fourth birthday bash, which was celebrated on the on the 3rd of May, was marked by the admission of EYP as observer members of the Youth Forum Jeunesse. read more ...

Call for Project Manager of the Website Youthphotos.eu

Youthphotos, the European-wide photo exchange platform of the European Youth Press, is searching for someone to coordinate its website. On Youthphotos, young media makers can exchange their pictures for journalistic use, based on the Creative Commons Licenses. read more ...

Second European congress on media literacy

Following the first event in 2004, EuroMeduc will be back in 2009 for its second edition. Specialists in media literacy, researchers, experts, educational managers, and representatives of associations will get together again in three different cities in Europe (Paris, Brussels, and Faro) to promote workshops. read more ...

European journalism is still "people-journalism"

The future of European journalism lies in the hands of young journalists from all over Europe. It may sound obvious, but in practice it's not. Differences in language and culture pose a great obstacle to any European-wide attempt. But one thing is sure: initiative pays off. read more ...

"European Youth Journalism: Where do we go from here?" Brussels, 24th April, 7 p.m.

The European Youth Press (EYP), the Brussels office of cafebabel.com, and the Forum for European Journalism Students (FEJS), with the kind support of the European Journalism Centre, invite you to a conference-debate on, ''European Youth Journalism: where do we go from here?'' The conference will be held in the Polak Room at the Residence Palace in Brussels at 7 p.m. the 24th of April. A reception will follow the debate. We invite you for one free drink. read more ...

News in Motion

The Hungarian National Association of Student and Youth Journalists (DUE) is organising, in partnership with the European Youth Press, a unique conference and series of workshops called, "News in Motion V: The Future of European Youth Journalism." In Budapest, from the 16th to the 20th of April, 2008. read more ...

The First Austrian Youth Media Days

Finally Austria got them as well. From the 16 to the 18 of May the first ever Austrian Youth Media Days will occur. The Media days will take place in Vienna and 150 young journalists will meet at the Media Quarter and the University of Vienna to find out and talk about media education in Austria. read more ...

Indigo - spring issue

The spring issue of Indigo has been printed. Indigo is a European print magazine that is available in seven language editions: English, French, German, Polish, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. read more ...

400 applications for first ''European Young Journalist Award''

The first "European Young Journalist Award," which was a joint project by the European Commission, DG Enlargement, and European Youth Press, had its deadline on the 15th of March. The contest turned out to be a great success. read more ...

Reporting beyond borders. European Youth Media Days 2008. Be part of the organisation team!

The European Youth Press, together with the European Parliament, will be hosting the 2008 European Youth Media Days in the context of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. European Youth Media Days will take place in mid October 2008 at the European Parliament in Brussels. More than 300 young journalists from across the European continent will produce media, discuss and interact. This will be a unique opportunity for them to meet other young journalists of different backgrounds, share their experience, and participate in workshops, panel discussions and political dialogue.

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EYP Board Meeting

The members of the European Youth Press Board are meeting in Vienna from the 1st to the 2nd of March for the first time this year. Elected every two years by the General Assembly, EYP board members will discuss current and future projects. read more ...

Orangelog.eu: Don't pretend racism doesn't exist

We are living in an intercultural society where migration and immigration is a part of everyone's life. You may think that racism is abolished and nowhere to be find. I also wish this were true, but I can't look away from it and pretend it isn't there when I know it is. Racism includes discrimination based upon fear. This can mean culture, as well as appearance and heritage. Racism is intolerance based on lack of knowledge and creates stereotypes or enemy images of ''the other.'' read more ...

Training course for Digital photography

The Forum of European Journalism Students Macedonia is planning to apply for the February 1 deadline at Action 3.1 for a training course in Digital photography titled, "Who is my neighbor?" This course will be held in August/September in Macedonia. read more ...