Briefing and workshop for journalists
"Speak out Europe" :

Special focus on EU, multilingualism and audiovisual journalism
At the initiative of DG EAC/Multilingualism, The European Journalism Centre, is organising a workshop focussing on how to translate the key messages of the Multilinguism policy into audiovisual journalistic stories.

The briefing aims at introducing audiovisual journalists, television, radio and on line, to policies of multilingualism of the Directorate General Education and Culture of the European Commission. The briefing will break into two parts:
· Introduction to the key messages of the Multilinguism policy
· Practical sessions for television and radio journalists.

The introduction will enable audiovisual journalists to discover relevant aspects of the Multilingualism policy. The key messages are: 1. Promoting language learning: Language knowledge is good at any level. 2. Respecting linguistic and cultural diversity: languages are bridges, no barriers. 3. Languages mean business.

The second part of the workshop will be to brief and discuss audiovisual means to improve storytelling in general and Europe in particular. The discussion will be introduced and the practical exercises will be coached by expert trainers from the Thomson Foundation/Cardiff (www.thomsonfoundation.org) for television and Deutsche Welle/Bonn (/www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,266,00.html) for radio. Also, participants will be introduced into the functioning of the audiovisual services of the European Institutions.

During the visit, participants will have the opportunity to meet with Commissioner Victor Orban, responsible for Multilingualism in the European Commission.

The briefing/workshop, financed by the European Commission, is open to working audiovisual journalists covering regional, inter cultural issues from the 27 EU Member States (TV, radio, news agencies and on-line press). Travel, accommodation and some meals are covered by the organisers. Discussions will be conducted in English, French or/and German through interpreters\' services.

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