New website reaches out to EU Neighbourhood Journalists

Discovering the heart of a story in the European Union is difficult. Cutting through the red tape of Brussels can be even more difficult - especially from afar. The European Neighbourhood Journalism Network (ENJN) can help. The foremost aim of the ENJN (http://www.journalismnetwork.eu) is to help journalists from southern Mediterranean, Eastern European and southern Caucasus countries make sense of the EU. At the same time, the ENJN will facilitate networking between journalists from these regions with the goal of building bridges within the neighbourhood. The website contains background information on the European Neighbourhood Policy and offer tools to help journalists connect with colleagues, trainers, schools and the key people involved in the network. The resource is part of a 30-month media training and networking project. The project’s 40 local training sessions start in June in countries such as Armenia, Jordan and Egypt. The ENJN is operated by an international consortium of media experts - the Thomson Foundation (UK), the European Journalism Centre (Netherlands), the International Federation of Journalists (Belgium), Management Partners (UK) and BBJ consult (Belgium). The project operates with funds from the European Commission, within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy. It is a follow-up to the successful ‘Europe for Mediterranean Journalists’ (http://www.eu4medjournalists.eu) initiative.

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