{"id":112,"date":"2023-10-15T11:35:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T11:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejta.eu\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:22:12","slug":"membership-application","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ejta.eu\/index.php\/membership\/membership-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Membership Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>EJTA Membership criteria<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The candidate member runs an active curriculum of professional practical training (including regularly creating journalistic products) and the curriculum achieves integration of theory and practice of journalism.<\/li>\n<li>Students are taught a variety of journalistic methods to bring them to a professional level of competence.<\/li>\n<li>A full cycle of teaching has been completed and the teaching programme has been running for three years.<\/li>\n<li>The candidate member does not depend on a political party or any group involving social, political, ideological, religious or racial discrimination.<\/li>\n<li>If the lifelong learning centre does depend on a single press group, its student membership is not limited to employees of that group but is open to the general public and the curriculum does not constitute a programme of in-house training.<\/li>\n<li>The candidate member accepts students without discrimination on social, political, ideological, religious or racial grounds and without conditions or obligations as to future jobs and employers.<\/li>\n<li>The candidate member does not operate as a commercial organisation trading for profit (to be discussed with the EJTA representative visiting your school).<\/li>\n<li>The applicant accepts the EJTA TARTU Declaration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Membership applications must be submitted before the end of August. The application should describe the statutes, the curricula and the number of students in journalism. If the applying member has a national accreditation, the report should also be included.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Application documents and procedure<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Documents<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ejta.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EJTA-applicant-questionnaire-Universities-blank.doc\">EJTA applicant questionnaire Universities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ejta.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EJTA-applicant-questionnaire-Mid-Career_1.doc\">EJTA applicant questionnaire Mid-Career<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Next steps<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>1. Send your application<\/strong> by e-mail to info [at] ejta.eu AND to director [at] ejta.eu<\/p>\n<p>You can also send the hard copy to:<\/p>\n<p>European Journalism Training Association (EJTA)<\/p>\n<p>Henna Turunen<\/p>\n<p>Ratapihantie 13<br \/>\n00520 Helsinki<br \/>\nFinland<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> The EJTA Board will <strong>examine your application<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> If the <strong>Board evaluates the application positively<\/strong>, the applicant gets a detailed outline of the procedure from the EJTA Office. This is a summary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An EJTA Board member will visit the applicant\u2019s institution.<\/li>\n<li>The Board member will write a recommendation for the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Board will circulate this recommendation to the members no later than 30 days prior to the AGM.<\/li>\n<li>The candidate member gives a presentation (7 minutes) about the institution and the reasons for wanting to become a member; after that the Annual General Meeting votes on admission.<\/li>\n<li>If admitted, the new member will pay the annual fee for the calendar year following the AGM.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Questions, more information &#8230;?<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Please contact the <strong>EJTA Office<\/strong> or the <strong>EJTA Director<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] EJTA Membership criteria [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] The candidate member runs an active curriculum of professional practical training (including regularly creating journalistic products) and the curriculum achieves integration of theory and practice of journalism. 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