Focus Group: AI, Datajournalism & EUFactCheck

EJTA conferences are not nearly frequent enough to be able to follow the rapid evolutions in AI. Nevertheless, in the Focus Group AI and Data Journalism, we will try to do some catch up, with best practice cases of AI-integration in classes or projects. In May 2026 we combine two focus groups: AI & Datajournalism with EUfactcheck because their topics are closely related and they probably reach out to the same public.

 

Focus Group: Climate Journalism

In the focus group ‘Teaching Climate Journalism’ we want to foster a positive attitude towards climate journalism and share useful and feasible strategies to teaching climate journalism.

 

Focus Group: Inclusive Journalism

In the Inclusive Journalism focus group we will discuss how to challenge students to consider the roles minorities have and could have in mainstream journalism. We will also discuss how minorities are framed and how to make students aware of that.

 

Focus Group: Media Literacy

Following EJTA’s mission on media literacy, this focus group primarily aims to support quality journalism in Europe by bringing together EJTA members who share an interest in researching, teaching, and developing media literacy (ML) initiatives. The goal is to foster a pan-European dialogue that facilitates the identification of curricular models, best professional practices, and initiatives supporting knowledge transfer, project collaboration, and curricular development, in line with both national and EU’s strategies.

 

Focus Group: Research

Our roundtable contribution (No. ECC26-P041), titled ‘News Consumption among Journalism Students in Europe: Mapping, Explaining, and Teaching News Engagement’, has been accepted for the 11th European Communication Conference, which will take place in Brno, Czech Republic, from 8–11 September 2026. This achievement is the result of our collaborative work initiated during the research focus group in Utrecht. In Tartu we will continue developing this research topic, the next steps and a tentative timeline for the roundtable.

 

Focus Group: Sports Journalism

The Sports Journalism focus group had a special anniversary in Tartu in May 2026. It was one year since our first conversations about our aims and objectives as a group (that took place in Rome in May 2025). We marked the occasion in Tartu by showcasing and reflecting on our first project – a podcast previewing the 2026 Men’s Football World Cup. This was a cross border, trans national collaboration involving students from EJTA Universities.