This was under wraps for a while now but Gina released the “news”. The Forum for European Journalism Students (FEJS) will be holding its annual conference in Lincoln. More details after the jump.
To keep it short, here’s the lowdown:
Gina explains that the event will basically be “a 5 day conference where over 100 young media makers could come and discuss the changing topic that is journalism, and hopefully take skills back to their countries might radically change the way their organisation thinks… young journalists to get together once a year and discuss developments in journalism. 20 years, nearly 1000 members and 27 different countries later, we can expect 100 of the top European journalism students aged between 18-35 to visit Lincoln next April.”
She continues saying that “lots of media organisations would like to part of us! Wouldn’t they? Why, we’re the newsgatherers, the editors and the writers of tomorrow, we’re challenging pre-conceptions and spending our hard earned money on new gadgets and the latest technology.”
An example would be “Take Northcliffe News - I would love for them to come and hold a seminar on how they have adapted the ‘thisis’ websites. In 3 years my local newspaper went from having the odd newstory on their website to a breaking news link, video streaming and downloadable pod-casts which were even integrated into my local radio stations output. How could their decision impact on smaller news countries like Macedonia or Croatia I wonder?”
This is a good question because “Northcliffe International entered the Croatian market in March 2007 with the purchase of 60 per cent of the country’s leading recruitment website Mojposao.hr. The site controls 85 per cent of the country’s online jobs market. To date Northcliffe has invested almost £12 million on digital assets in Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia.”
But, of course, there is a problem. There is the “need to raise £15,000 to make this happen. This is a fantastic event to get involved with, whether you help fundraise, run a workshop or deliver a lecture.”
And before you ask, yes, I am going to be part of the organising committee.
More info on FEJS.org ; Lincoln AC 09 website coming soon.
on Aug 8th, 2008 at 5:18 am
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