Biba Klomp
06-14-2010, 10:12 AM
Volcanos, Prime Ministers, break-away republics, the Israeli army, Caspian oil pipelines, fire temples and a host of top EU speakers; the European Neighbourhood Journalism Network has been a little busy recently.
Since April, ENJN’s training teams have fanned out across the region, in our most intense training schedule yet, to get high impact stories on the EU’s European Neighbourhood policy. And over 100 stories later, here’s a run down of what we’ve been up to.
Not shrinking from a challenge, first up was Israel and the West Bank. Both hosted our Caucasus team from 11-16 April, covering EU conflict resolution efforts in the region. The team, made up of 20 journalists from the leading media in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, interviewed the top players in the conflict, including an exclusive from the Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad, EUBAM and the EU representations to Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Beyond the official angles we made time to visit the Gaza border area, interviewing the deputy mayor of Sderot,- Israel’s most rocketed town, we viewed controversial settlement areas in Jerusalem, went inside refugee camps in the West Bank with the UN and saw the heavily patrolled reality of the separation wall.
Despite the best efforts of the Icelandic volcano, the team all made it back to the Caucasus, unlike the trainers who were stranded in Jerusalem for a week as the ash cloud caused chaos with European air space.
But as the trainers struggled to get home, the team filed their stories, with 22 print pieces, three TV packages and one radio story ready to go by April 20th. The vast majority have been published and aired in the leading media in the Caucasus such as Rustavi 2, Resonance ,Trend, Zerkalo, ANS, Radio Van, Yerkir and Aravot. You can find their work in the discussion forum of the project website here (http://training.journalismnetwork.eu/group/jerusalemtelavivcaucasusteam).
But we didn’t stop there. Next up Baku, and the Maghreb group.
ENJN Maghrebi team rounded off their fifth and final field session from 3-7 May with a fantastic performance in Azerbaijan.
Drilling down into a rich seam of information and comment, the team of 23 top reporters from Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco met up with some of the highest profile figures in Caspian oil and gas to look at the EU’s energy policy.
Interviews with British Petroleum, the EU delegation, the Azeri Foreign Ministry, oil and gas analysts and the Azeri State Oil Company provided the team with a comprehensive picture of the strategic importance of the region for the EU, and its future role as a energy supplier and possible competitor for North African gas. We even managed to fit in time to visit Azerbaijan’s famous fire temple, a great chance for the TV reporters to do their pieces to camera.
The result? Major coverage on the European Union’s energy policy in the neighbourhood and the role of Azerbaijan. 23 print stories, seven TV packages and one radio piece ready to go by May 8th, published and aired in the likes of An Nahar, Assafir, Al Akhbar, Future TV, TV 2M, Le Quotidien, Algerian Radio, MAP and RTM, amongst others. You can find their stories on the project website (http://training.journalismnetwork.eu/group/bakumaghrebiteam).
Did we pause for breath? Not a chance.
Not to be outdone the ENJN Eastern team stepped up to the mark with their session on migration in Poland. Flying in from 10-14 May the team of 25 leading young reporters from Belarus, Ukraine, the Russian Federation and Moldova got the inside track on where Poland’s migration future lies.
Meeting with the EU’s border management agency FRONTEX, the EU
representation to Poland, the Polish Ministry of Interior, the HQ of Poland’s border control and migrants from Belarus and Ukraine our reporters cast a light on the issue of EU migration management with its eastern neighbours.
Once more the output was high and the coverage deep. 31 print stories, 4 radio pieces and 3 TV packages were completed, again the vast majority of which went onto be published and aired in such high profile media as Kommersant, Byelorusy i Rynok, RIA-Novosti, Interfax Ukraine and Radio ERA.
You can find all their stories here (http://training.journalismnetwork.eu/group/warsaweasternteam/forum).
Last but no means least the Caucasus team once more packed their bags and headed out for their session on neighbourhood security and migration in Moldova. From 23 – 29 May the group of 22 reporters gained a rare insight into the frozen conflict between Moldova and Trans-Dinistra, alongside looking into its effects on migration and people trafficking.
Gaining rare access inside Trans – Dinistra our reporters interviewed their Minister of Foreign Affairs, alongside the OSCE team in Tiraspol. And they were no less successful in Chisinau, interviewing the EU delegation, the Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs, leading migration NGO’s and local media on the conflict, Moldovan relations with the EU and the success of anti trafficking measures.
Many in the team found a great deal to write and talk about given obvious parallels with their own region, with over 25 stories published so far in the likes of Rustavi 2, Resonance ,Trend, Zerkalo, ANS, Radio Van, Yerkir and Aravot. You can find their stories here (http://training.journalismnetwork.eu/group/moldovacaucasusteam).
The project goes on, with more training sessions planned for later in the year and editors networking events in the pipeline soon.
Since April, ENJN’s training teams have fanned out across the region, in our most intense training schedule yet, to get high impact stories on the EU’s European Neighbourhood policy. And over 100 stories later, here’s a run down of what we’ve been up to.
Not shrinking from a challenge, first up was Israel and the West Bank. Both hosted our Caucasus team from 11-16 April, covering EU conflict resolution efforts in the region. The team, made up of 20 journalists from the leading media in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, interviewed the top players in the conflict, including an exclusive from the Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad, EUBAM and the EU representations to Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Beyond the official angles we made time to visit the Gaza border area, interviewing the deputy mayor of Sderot,- Israel’s most rocketed town, we viewed controversial settlement areas in Jerusalem, went inside refugee camps in the West Bank with the UN and saw the heavily patrolled reality of the separation wall.
Despite the best efforts of the Icelandic volcano, the team all made it back to the Caucasus, unlike the trainers who were stranded in Jerusalem for a week as the ash cloud caused chaos with European air space.
But as the trainers struggled to get home, the team filed their stories, with 22 print pieces, three TV packages and one radio story ready to go by April 20th. The vast majority have been published and aired in the leading media in the Caucasus such as Rustavi 2, Resonance ,Trend, Zerkalo, ANS, Radio Van, Yerkir and Aravot. You can find their work in the discussion forum of the project website here (http://training.journalismnetwork.eu/group/jerusalemtelavivcaucasusteam).
But we didn’t stop there. Next up Baku, and the Maghreb group.
ENJN Maghrebi team rounded off their fifth and final field session from 3-7 May with a fantastic performance in Azerbaijan.
Drilling down into a rich seam of information and comment, the team of 23 top reporters from Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco met up with some of the highest profile figures in Caspian oil and gas to look at the EU’s energy policy.
Interviews with British Petroleum, the EU delegation, the Azeri Foreign Ministry, oil and gas analysts and the Azeri State Oil Company provided the team with a comprehensive picture of the strategic importance of the region for the EU, and its future role as a energy supplier and possible competitor for North African gas. We even managed to fit in time to visit Azerbaijan’s famous fire temple, a great chance for the TV reporters to do their pieces to camera.
The result? Major coverage on the European Union’s energy policy in the neighbourhood and the role of Azerbaijan. 23 print stories, seven TV packages and one radio piece ready to go by May 8th, published and aired in the likes of An Nahar, Assafir, Al Akhbar, Future TV, TV 2M, Le Quotidien, Algerian Radio, MAP and RTM, amongst others. You can find their stories on the project website (http://training.journalismnetwork.eu/group/bakumaghrebiteam).
Did we pause for breath? Not a chance.
Not to be outdone the ENJN Eastern team stepped up to the mark with their session on migration in Poland. Flying in from 10-14 May the team of 25 leading young reporters from Belarus, Ukraine, the Russian Federation and Moldova got the inside track on where Poland’s migration future lies.
Meeting with the EU’s border management agency FRONTEX, the EU
representation to Poland, the Polish Ministry of Interior, the HQ of Poland’s border control and migrants from Belarus and Ukraine our reporters cast a light on the issue of EU migration management with its eastern neighbours.
Once more the output was high and the coverage deep. 31 print stories, 4 radio pieces and 3 TV packages were completed, again the vast majority of which went onto be published and aired in such high profile media as Kommersant, Byelorusy i Rynok, RIA-Novosti, Interfax Ukraine and Radio ERA.
You can find all their stories here (http://training.journalismnetwork.eu/group/warsaweasternteam/forum).
Last but no means least the Caucasus team once more packed their bags and headed out for their session on neighbourhood security and migration in Moldova. From 23 – 29 May the group of 22 reporters gained a rare insight into the frozen conflict between Moldova and Trans-Dinistra, alongside looking into its effects on migration and people trafficking.
Gaining rare access inside Trans – Dinistra our reporters interviewed their Minister of Foreign Affairs, alongside the OSCE team in Tiraspol. And they were no less successful in Chisinau, interviewing the EU delegation, the Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs, leading migration NGO’s and local media on the conflict, Moldovan relations with the EU and the success of anti trafficking measures.
Many in the team found a great deal to write and talk about given obvious parallels with their own region, with over 25 stories published so far in the likes of Rustavi 2, Resonance ,Trend, Zerkalo, ANS, Radio Van, Yerkir and Aravot. You can find their stories here (http://training.journalismnetwork.eu/group/moldovacaucasusteam).
The project goes on, with more training sessions planned for later in the year and editors networking events in the pipeline soon.