EUROPEAN YOUTH PRESS update

 

Newsletter March 2023

Dear young media makers, Although spring is slowly but surely on our doorstep, we caught a little winter blast at our last Executive Board Meeting in Riga, Latvia, where our Member Organisations ViedDoma and FEJS Latvija are based at. Our team is currently working on exciting new projects for this year. Until it's time to tell you more about our upcoming projects, we want to show you some really cool opportunities and projects to apply for this month.  Something we are still very excited about is the  partnership with Reporters d'Espoirs about which you can read more below.  We also want to tell you about a cool project that one of our Advisory Board Members co-founded: The European Correspondent. You can find out more about it and how to get involved below.  There is a great opportunity you would like us to share in our newsletter? Just send us an email and we'll feature your project next time. Hopefully see you soon at one of our projects, EYP Executive Board EYP teams up with Reporters d'Espoirs for Le Prix Européen du Jeune Reporter 2023 The competition is organised by the Paris-based organisation Reporters d'Espoirs and is meant to encourage the use of the French language and solutions journalism on a European scale. Young journalists between 15 and 30 are eligible to apply with a report/feature that includes a European dimension on the topic of issues and initiatives that contribute to an inspiring, caring and sustainable societey. Apart from the honor of becoming a laureate of Le Prix Européen du Jeune Reporter, the winners will also receive prize money. Application deadline: 30 June 2023 Click here for more information about Le Prix Européen du Jeune Reporter 2023!   Open Call: The European Correspondent How can we report from a genuinely European perspective? Which stories are worth your time? With these questions in mind, the European Correspondent launched a daily newsletter in November 2022. The newsletter summarises essential stories and recommends links to dive deeper into the events and ideas shaping our continent. The team - including our Executive/Advisory Board Members Kat, Julius and Viktorya - is looking for pitches, correspondents and OSINT journalists. You can find more information or sign up for the newsletter here.  News & Opportunities Young journalist for the Paralympics Newspaper 2024   When? 27 August - 09 September 2024 Where? Paris, France What?  Tagesspiegel and the German Social Accident Insurance are looking for German-speaking young media enthusiasts (aged 18 to 21) to join a team of reporters to cover the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.  Application deadline: 18 June 2023 Click here to find out more. GNI Student Fellowship 2023   When? June to September 2023  Where? 20 placements, 9 European countries What? Eight-week Student Fellowship in a newsroom somewhere in Europe during the summer of 2023. Minimum amount of compensation: 2500 Euro Application deadline: 21 April 2023 Click here for more information. Summer School for journalists and media practitioners   When? 5 June - 11 August 2023 Where? Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism / hybrid, in person (New York City) and remote What? A bootcamp in data, code & algorithms for investigative & creative journalism. No coding experience necessary.  Application deadline: Scholarship priority deadline: 31 March 2023 Standard Application Deadline: 1 May 2023 Click here to find out more. When? Applications on ongoing basis Where? remote What? As a member of this team, you will play a key role in promoting the work of EYP and the #YouthMediaMatters campaign, with the goal of raising awareness of the importance of quality learning within youth media.   Click here  to find out more.

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