From 27th until 29th October 2011, the YoungPress.eu conference takes place in Antwerp (Belgium), featuring interesting workshops and lively debates on essential media issues. Young European reporters are being offered a superb opportunity to express their views on the media and journalism and to build up contacts with their peers.
Debate 'The Future Of Journalism In Europe'

Debate ‘The Future Of Journalism In Europe’

The YoungPress.eu conference concluded with an interactive debate on 'the future of journalism in Europe' with Ingrid Lieten, Teun Gautier, Paul Lewis & Marietje Schaake. The debate was moderated by Joel Gunter.
Telling stories in journalism

Telling stories in journalism

Henk Blanken, former journalist of Dutch newspapers as De Volkskrant and Dagblad van het Noorden, really deserved his title of 'nestor of YoungPress.eu 2011', sharing his experiences with young journalists.
Alexandre Castanheira: "News reports are always biased"

Alexandre Castanheira: “News reports are always biased”

Alexandra Castanheira is conflict manager at the University of Namur. He is mostly working with social workers and adults that are in contact with youngsters. At the YoungPress.eu conference, he studied in the workshop 'Labeling and prejudice' the impact of social media.
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"Funding is the future of journalism"

“Funding is the future of journalism”

(MO*) In the year 2011, young journalists are on the verge of a golden age, according to Paul Lewis. Instead of predicting hard times for the future journalistic talented, on the contrary, the journalist of The Guardian even believes that there are chances for this generation. "The path lies wide open for you with new...
Future journalists at Youngpress.eu

Future journalists at Youngpress.eu

(Supo.be) About ninety students in journalism and novices participated in the European conference for young journalists. Their purpose? Meeting their great examples, networking and learning.
Keynote by Alex Wood

Keynote by Alex Wood

Alex Wood talks about 'New models and experimentation'.
Keynote by Annabel McGoldrick

Keynote by Annabel McGoldrick

Annabel McGoldrick gave a keynote on 'The spread of biased information'.
A new hope for journalism

A new hope for journalism

These are equally difficult and interesting times for young journalists. There are fewer jobs and they are less well paid, but at the same time there is a lot more freedom and there are a lot more possibilities for a new kind of journalist. Stop considering yourselves victims and grab your passion by the balls....
Keynote by Stefan Candea

Keynote by Stefan Candea

Stefan Candea talks about investigative journalism and the current situation in Romania.
Keynote by Henk Blanken

Keynote by Henk Blanken

Henk Blanken based his keynote on the challenges due to the 'Omnipresence of the media' at YoungPress.eu.
The spread of biased information

The spread of biased information

Biased information spreads like a virus, it's toxic, mutates, infects and is potentially life threatening! It is implicated in some of the worst atrocities in human history from the Holocaust to the Rwandan Genocide.
Keynote by Paul Lewis

Keynote by Paul Lewis

Paul Lewis gave the opening keynote at the YoungPress.eu conference in Antwerp on October 27, 2011.
Openingspeech by Stefan Kolgen

Openingspeech by Stefan Kolgen

Stefan Kolgen, co-ordinator of StampMedia – youth press agency, kicks off the YoungPress.eu conference and sums up what the initiative is all about.
The future of journalism looks bright

The future of journalism looks bright

On Thursday 27 October Paul Lewis gave the keynote speech at the YoungPress conference. He brought the European reporters a positive perspective on the future of journalism. "The current business model may be at crisis, but journalism itself has never thrived so powerful."
Experiments in journalism

Experiments in journalism

During YoungPress.eu journalist Alex Wood presented his views about experimentation with online reporting. He stressed the importance of design for experiencing a strong narrative. "Journalism shouldn’t be reduced to bricks of information, but can deliver an exploration of a subject."