The Karel van Miert/Etienne Davignon prizes for journalists

2011-04-06

BRUSSELS - The Representation of the European Commission in Belgium and the Belgian section of the Association of European Journalists organise for the third time the Karel Van Miert/Etienne Davignon prizes.

BRUSSELS: 3rd edition of the Karel van Miert/Etienne Davignon prizes for journalists

The Representation of the European Commission in Belgium and the Belgian section of the Association of European Journalists organise for the third time the Karel Van Miert/Etienne Davignon prizes.

These prizes reward Belgian journalists who deal with European matters. The Etienne Davignon prize targets news items in French and the Karel Van Miert prize news items in Dutch. This year, there are two categories for each prize: one for students in journalism (bachelor students) and one for professional journalists (and master students).

News items can be articles (written or online press), radio or video pieces and can be an individual or a group work. This year's subject: the EU impact of Belgian citizens'life. The first prize for students (bachelor) amounts to 1000 euros and the first prize for professional journalists (and master students) 1500 euros.

Inscriptions: www.aej.org (Media Prizes à Belgium)

Deadline: 9 september 2011 (winners will be known in November).

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Reporter-in-Residence: a new type of training

2012-10-03

A journalist from the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism (RCIJ) will be spending the next three months as a Reporter-in-Residence at The New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR) based at Boston University.

Investigative Journalism Fellowship application due November 17

2011-10-31

AfriCOG invites qualified journalists to apply for the Investigative Journalism Fellowship in the areas of anti-corruption and good governance.

When are journalists liable for defamation and breach of privacy under Belgian law?

2014-02-20

Belgian courts have quite often been called upon to judge whether a newspaper article or television program breached particular rights of third parties, such as in defamation cases and cases where the privacy of third parties was at stake. Media lawyer Bart Van Besien gives a summary of the liability of journalists for defamation and breach of privacy.