The Third Euro-Mediterranean Academy for Young Journalists will be organized in Alexandria, Egypt from April 22nd, 2012 to May 2nd, 2012. This event is being organized in collaboration with the Swedish Institute in Alexandria, Egypt on the topic “Social media in a changing world”. The academy invites young journalists from several media outlets as print, radio, TV, online and photojournalists.
The Third Euro-Mediterranean Academy for Young Journalists was incorporated in the year 2007 at the Euro-Mediterranean Youth Parliament in Berlin. The first Academy was conducted in Jordan in 2008 with the co-operation of the Goethe Institute and the Anna Lindh Foundation. This experience was brought forward in 2009 when the second edition of the Academy was implemented in Amsterdam. Now, EMAJ brings together more than 50 young journalists from both sides of the Mediterranean.
EMAJ mainstreams an innovative quality of news making through its intercultural webzine which is an online hub for feature-based and culturally sensitive journalism. EMAJ bridges the gap between young media-makers of the Euro-Mediterranean. We build on the ever-growing network enthusiastic young professionals whose motto is to offer high quality news from both sides of the Mediterranean.
DEADLINE for applications: 22 February 2012 (5pm CET)
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