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European Young Journalist Award 2010

 

“Enlarge your vision” – The competition for Europe’s best young journalists is on!

The European Young Journalist Award 2010 has been launched and the competition is on for Europe’s best up-and-coming journalistic talent. If you are a journalist or journalism student aged 17-35 then this is an opportunity not to be missed. You stand the chance of being selected as a national winner from your country and taking home one of three Special Prizes: a cultural trip to a European capital of your choice!

Enlarge your vision and contribute to the dialogue about EU Enlargement. The EYJA 2010 challenges you to engage with EU Enlargement by using your journalistic talent to hone in on the impact, and multi-facetted potential, thereof.

The competition is open to journalists and journalism students from print media, online media or radio and will run from 20 October 2009 until 28 February 2010. Submissions should focus on EU Enlargement from a creative and thought-provoking angle. Participants must be citizens of one of the EU member states, candidate countries, potential candidates or Iceland.

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Winners' trip 2009

 

The national winners of the 2009 European Young Journalist Award celebrated their success in style with a winners’ trip and conference in Berlin. The German capital provided an ideal location for the trip with the coinciding celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the iron curtain and the 5th anniversary of the EU enlargement to eight Central and Eastern European Countries, as well as Malta and Cyprus. With cultural and historical tours of the city’s sights, visits to prestigious media outlets and institutions of the German government, winners were given loads of food for thought and exchange. The closing conference was a highlight with in-depth discussion and debate of EU Enlargement and questions of European identity.

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2009's winning articles

Winner's Trip 2009
 

What makes a winner? Check out this year’s winning submissions from the European Young Journalist Award in their original languages as well as in English and find out. These submissions were chosen from over 600 entries from throughout Europe and impressed the national juries with their relevance in relation to the topic, treatment of the subject, ability to grab interest, depth of research and quality of journalism.

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Learning in Europe

misty, www.youthphotos.eu
 

I was surprised to discover how many people from Western Europe come to Eastern Europe for their Erasmus exchange programme. Why do these students choose to spend their one semester or one year of studies away from their developed country and leave behind a settled education and professional system? What things attracted them to choose a country like Poland to find their luck?

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Young Journalism

Journalist with camera by Jan David Guenther
 

Young journalists and media-makers around Europe are searching for ways into journalism. We want to encourage you to go for your dream job and get into the profession. Join us and realise your steps into the dream-job!

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Your EU Lifestyle

Map by Matteo di Simone
 

Europe is yours to explore. So why not hop from culture to culture - from country to country. Stop for tapas in Spain, a good beer in Slovenia and watch a gypsy show in Romania. Talk to young Europeans just like yourself, listen to their stories and find out what's going on in their societies. The route for the brave is to live and work in a foreign country. Enlarge your vision, because there's more to Europe than you thought.

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European Integration

European flags
 

The European Young Journalists Award is supported by experienced journalists from all over Europe, who are already well-established in their media. Each country sets up their own jury and its members support the young journalists with their experiences. In the meantime, mentors publish their opinions and views for example on European Integration...

 

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2009 winners - thoughts and opinions

Eleni Fotiou
 

Eleni Fotiou, Greek Winner 2009
The EYJA is important for my career. This experience has motivated me to work on issues concerning EU integration in Europe and the Mediterranean region.

 
Faik Uyanik
 

Faik Uyanik, Turkish Winner 2009
The EYJA helped me to establish a huge network for my work. I can invite people whom I met during the Berlin trip and conference to discussion programmes. I have met really valuable people during my Berlin trip.

 

EU Enlargement

Blue flag with stars
 

The European Union is enlarging its borders towards the Southeast and to Iceland. From the six founding members, the EU enlarged to 27 Member States and there are more candidate and potential candidate countries on the list. Read here why the enlargement of the European Union is changing Europe’s identity.

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Entering into profession

 

Becoming a journalist
One isn't born a journalist, but may become one. There are many ways available for any upcoming journalist to choose from, and every single one seems to be valid as long as it is successful. However, there's no objective method of measuring success - especially in journalism. Hence the most important thing is the satisfaction and fulfilment we gain from our work. read on

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