Tag: journalism

Professional "communicators" of all kinds are wasting their time trying to pitch stories to the European press, concluded APCO consultants in a survey carried out in co-operation with Journalists at Your Service (J YS), a help centre for Brussels-based reporters.

Editors in European capitals are increasingly interested in the EU's role as a global player but still insist on giving a 'national angle' to news reporting in order to give EU affairs a 'human face', EurActiv heard at its annual conference earlier this month.

In this paper, Tanya Lokshina examines the possible motive for Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder, claiming that there is no doubt that the killing was political.

A new survey presented by EurActiv and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) raise a debate on the relationship of EU actors and the media. The poll and subsequent discussions show that there is still room for improvement.

The row that broke out over the addition of German as an 'automatic' language in press conferences alongside French and English has been resolved.