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Hi there,   This time, we begin by remembering our former director Wilfried Rütten who passed away on Saturday, 30 July, with these words from Ove Joanson, board member and former chairman of the European Journalism Centre.   “Wilfried Rütten was a big man, large in presence, laughter and friendship. Some might have missed that behind his gregarious surface resided a deeply intellectual mind, an avid reader, a connoisseur of music and the arts. At the same time, Wilfried Rütten was a thoroughly modern person, always the first to detect new intellectual and technological trends and ideas.   He enthusiastically combined his "Bildung" and his sense of the future in order to improve the quality of journalism. He was the perfect choice when, in 2005, the Board of the European Journalism Centre selected him to become the director of the centre, a position that he held until 2016. His positive influence on the EJC, and thus on journalism in our continent, cannot be exaggerated.   The unexpected news of Wilfried's death at the age of 70 brings deep sadness to the staff and the Board of our centre and - indeed - to all who care about the standards and relevance of journalism in these troubled times.”

Our opportunities for journalists this month in a nutshell: Spotify joins the News Impact Summit line-up Resources for journalists in Spanish, French and Arabic Learn how to preserve your articles Let’s combat disinformation together Join the IPI World Congress   Find more information below

Spotify joins the News Impact Summit line-up

We are excited to announce that Alastair Ferrans, the Global Lead at Spotify Studios, has joined the line-up of our upcoming News Impact Summit. In Prague, Alastair will share with us how, in the hyper-local medium of podcasting, news organisations can leverage their audio content to engage and grow their audience. Register for free to join us in Prague on 6 October.

Resources for journalists in Spanish, French and Arabic

To make our resources more accessible for journalists around the world, we have translated our reporting guides into Spanish, French and Arabic.  Are you looking for tips to better cover global challenges and development issues? Explore the free resources here.

Learn how to preserve your articles

Outdated plugins and error pages can riddle data journalism years after a journalist publishes it. This is the case for interactive data visualisations and other dynamic content. So what steps can the industry take to ensure proper archiving of such content? In the most recent piece published on DataJournalism.com, professor Bahareh Heravi investigates the plethora of solutions for archiving your data journalism work.

Let’s combat disinformation together

We believe that misinformation can only truly be addressed if we work together. That is why we are partnering with the Content Authenticity Initiative. If you’d like to benefit from the initiative and introduce your newsrooms to the vision of an open industry standard for content authenticity, find out more here.

Join the IPI World Congress

Only free journalism can meet the current global challenges. But how can independent media survive and thrive amid threats from repressive regimes or economic hardship? Join the IPI World Congress from 8 to 10 September to hear from world’s leading editors and journalists about innovation, product development, media sustainability and more.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reply to this email. We’d love to hear from you!   Cheers, Stella from EJC  This email was sent to politikimx@gmail.com