The Teachers’ Conference 2018 will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece, on October 18 & 19. The colleagues of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki are working on the programme. The theme of the conference will be announced at the beginning of 2018.
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All EJTA-members (100%) will participate in the Research project on ‘Journalistic Roles, Values and Qualifications in the 21st century; how journalism educators in Europe view the future of a profession in transition.’ In the second week of January 2018 the link to an online questionnaire will be sent to 78 contact persons in 28 European countries. The major outcomes of this study will be presented at the 5th World Journalism Education Congress in Paris, July 9-11 2019.
Organised by EJTA-member European Journalism Centre, and powered by the Google News Lab, this one-day free-to-join media event will look back on 2017; a year in which the relationship between politics and journalism changed forever. Under the theme A Year is a Long Time in Politics, the event will explore the questions: How did global political upheaval shape the way journalists covered the news? And how have evolving political, investigative and data journalism practices changed the face of politics? What will 2018 bring?
Registration is free and works under a first-come, first-served base: News Impact Summit website. The event takes place on Monday 4th December.
News Impact Summit is a media innovation events series that brings together international media experts with local news communities to focus on how new technology, tools and methods are changing the way journalists work in the newsroom.
19-24 April 2018: Krakow (Annual Conference) ; autumn 2018: Zürich (General Assembly) ; spring 2019: Zwolle (Annual Conference)
More information will be published on FEJS' website and facebook page.
Application deadline is February 28, 2018 (December 15, 2017 for the scholarship of the Study Foundation of the Berlin House of Representatives).
The application for the scholarships is open to experienced professional journalists with knowledge of German language from Eastern and Western Europe, Russia, the US and the Arab world.
Theyoffer three different scholarships: 8-9 EJF-Scholarship, one EJO-Fellowship and the Scholarship of the Study Foundation of the Berlin House of Representatives. You can apply for all three different scholarships simultaneously.
Journalists interested in the programme should apply directly to the European Journalism-Fellowships Programme in Berlin.
Please visit the conference website to submit your abstract and register before 25 July ! Do not forget to start your VISA application procedure simultaniously - if applicable.
Tom Law from the Ethical Journalism Network wants to share the Ethics in the news report with the EJTA membership.
Department of Journalism and Mass Media Communications, Deutche Welle Academie, and Beijing University of Foreign Studies are happy to announce the joint Summer School on “International Journalism and media organizations in a turbulent age: European and Asian Perspectives” which will take place from 16th to 23d of July 2017 in Thessaloniki Greece. The Summer School will focus on the opportunities and challenges for reporting Asia and Europe, in times of an ever-changing digital world.
For further information and the application form, please visit the summer school website.
The conference Bridges of Media Education is organized by the Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia on 15 and 16 September 2017.
Papers are welcomed in line with the following topics, but are not limited to these:
- Skills and competences for future journalists;
- Theory and practice in journalism education;
- Social media and journalism education;
- Teaching new forms of journalism;
- Professional norms and identity in journalism education;
- Critical reflections on journalism education;
To submit a proposal for panel please fill in the form. The proposal should be sent not later than 30 April 2017. All accepted applicants will receive a notice of acceptance by 10 May 2017. For more information please send a message to
15th International Symposium Communication in the Millennium is going to be held between 16-19 May 2017 at University of California, Irvine. Abstract submission for on-site presentations is over. However, you can still apply for virtual presentation sessions. Deadline is 15 April 2017. Please check this link for details.