Youth Press PORTUGAL
www.youthpressportugal.org
The Youth Press PORTUGAL (YPP) is an organisation of young journalists and media makers. It was created in the end of 2007 and it aims to contribute to the adequate integration and professional assertion of young Portuguese journalists and media creators. It is employed to protect its members' rights and interests, in close collaboration with private and public partners.
YPP intends to unite youths interested in journalism and communication, and develop a variety of projects at a national and international level, to promote education, information and the exchange of values, good practices and knowledge.
The organisation encourages the participation, joint or individual, of their members in the development and strengthening of the role of young members of the press and the freedom of the press in Europe. This will be done through co-operation between several national structures of youth press in Europe and the support of said structures.
Our duties are:
- To establish a contacts network between journalism and media students at a national and international level
- To collaborate with the Portuguese journalism industry, namely covering the events related to youths (either national or international events)
- To provide national and international internships, for professionals or students
- To promote youthful journalism and the importance of establishing contacts and the exchange of knowledge, with annual or semi-annual meetings (seminars and thematic lectures)
- To collaborate with young minority groups, such as young emigrants, young victims of social discrimination and associations of physically-disabled youths, as a way to promote effective communication, diversity, social inclusion and a multicultural dialogue
- To develop more specific journalistic and media practices, such as: workshops and non-formal types of education, in collaboration with local/national/international entities
- To promote the interchange of languages
- To take part in meetings, seminars and congresses which are of legitimate interest to the association, at an international and national level
- To make protocols of collaboration and exchange with similar institutions in other countries
- To take part in debates about issues that might imply changes in the practice of journalism and other professions related to the media.
For more information please don't hesitate to contact:
Filipa Oliveira
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+351 91 446 31 94
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