IHECS Brussels and the NGO Journalisme & Citoyenneté (“Journalism & Citizenship”), organizer of the “International Journalism Conference in Tours and Tunis”, have decided to come together to create the “European Journalism Symposium in Brussels”.
The first edition will be held from 23 to 25 November 2022 in Brussels.
Europe is a major democratic space. It harbors the ambition of being a global model in terms of freedom of expression and freedom of the press. This freedom is accompanied by the legitimate demand of all European citizens to be able to benefit from the right to quality information.
Topics:
- The state of journalism in Europe (including but not limited to the role of media in war zones ; the disruption of uses and economic models; the value capture by platforms; the media capture in private media; the threat to the independence of public media ; the insufficient training, precariousness and too frequent safety breaches of journalists safety…)
- Climate emergency (including but not limited to the responsibility of journalists when covering this topic; the organization of newsrooms in Europe to better cover this emergency ; journalism training ; the dialogue with scientists etc.)
- Media literacy in Europe (including but not limited to the fight against fake news, misinformation, propaganda and the need to invest in the fields of information literacy)
- Diversity and inclusion (including but not limited to media representations and representativity; the fight against stereotypes; how to build more inclusive newsrooms etc.)