A conference for young European Reporters (Antwerp)

ANTWERP - Antwerp has been designated European Youth Capital for 2011. The Evens Foundation and its partner StampMedia are using this opportunity to organize a conference for young European reporters, YoungPress.eu. This conference will take place from 27th until 29th October 2011, in Antwerp (Belgium).

We wish to engage, in particular, the news and opinion-makers of tomorrow. We are thus inviting 100 young journalists(in-the-making) between 18-26 from all over Europe to take part in reflection and debate on the future of news broadcasting and the challenges they face, using a series of polemical questions as their starting point.
The main themes of the conference are:

• the omnipresence of ‘instant’ media
• the threat to high-quality journalism
• the spread of biased information
• new models and experimentation by independent journalists

The conference will consist of a series of lectures, debates and workshops around these themes. Key experts are being invited to shed light on contemporary media and share their insights, guidance and recommendations. The 100 young journalists will have the opportunity to start a dialogue with renowned media experts, including Paul Lewis, Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen (Sochi Project), Annabel McGoldrick, Olaf Koens, Ingrid Lieten, Henk Blanken, Robin Hamman, and many others.

Thursday 27 October 2011 20:00 — 22:00
Opening Event YoungPress.eu
Venue: Arenberg Theatre, 28 Arenbergstraat, Antwerp

• Award Ceremony Evens Prize for Media Education 2011
  The award will be handed to the laureate JFF- Institute for Media Research and Media Education for their project “Generations in dialogue”.
• Official launch of YoungPress.eu
  A conference for a hundred young European reporters. During three days they will debate about the future of journalism.
• Keynote lecture by Paul Lewis (The Guardian)
  Special Projects Editor of the British quality newspaper The Guardian, elected Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards 2010. This lecture is organized in partnership with deBuren.

The evening is open to the general public. Kindly confirm your attendance before 21 October by email antwerp@evensfoundation.be or directly at the ticket office of the Arenberg Theatre +32-3-202.46.46