The International Association of European Journalists (AEJ) in Belgium is an independent non-profit vzw/asbl under Belgian law. The association’s overall aim and mission are to promote critical journalism in Europe, defend media freedom and help journalists and correspondents to build their networks.
The AEJ brings together professional journalists, mostly correspondents who report on the EU and its institutions on a daily basis. Our broad press membership has a keen, general interest in Europe and includes also freelance contributors to television and radio, national, regional and specialist newspapers, periodicals, websites, blogs and other new media, as well as university and college students and scholars in the field of journalism and media innovation.
The AEJ in Belgium also connects media experts and professionals, academics, public relations and communication professionals, civil society advocates, and political and business leaders with the aim to enrich the dialogue on media matters and facilitate the growth of the profession, in a very troubling time for the industry and the profession.
AEJ Belgium also engages in advocacy efforts related to press freedom, media ethics, and other issues affecting journalists.
Latest news:
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Letter to Georgia PM urging the withdrawal of the foreign agents law, guaranteeing the safety of journalists and upholding press freedom
AEJ Belgium, together with international press freedom, journalists and human rights organisations, have raised deep concerns about the reintroduction of the bill on Transparency of Foreign Influence and the sudden rise in violence and other restrictions against Georgia’s journalists reporting on the public protests against the bill.
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‘We must implement media education in schools, especially for young people,’ says European Parliament vice-president
By Benedetta Zimone AEJ Belgium went to Aachen on 7 May to attend the final event of the European Charlemagne Prize. During the ceremony, several guests went onstage to reward the young participants. Among them was the vice-president of the European Parliament Marc Angel, whom we had the pleasure of interviewing at the end of…
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Maastricht Debate & fears over potential crackdown on freedom of the press
During the Maastricht debate, AEJ Belgium questioned Luyten on censorship issues relating to Italian Public Television (RAI). Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni recently censored an antifascist speech that the journalist Antonio Scurati was supposed to read live on a RAI television program on 25 April, the anniversary of Italy’sliberation from Nazi occupation and fascism, a symbol…
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Olivetti-Folon exhibition: Art and journalistic nostalgia
The Brussels Design Museum opened its doors to the Olivetti-Folon exhibition on 10 April and will welcome guests until 15 September.
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AEJ condemns attacks on Slovakian journalists amid concerns over new state media law
The Association of European Journalists (AEJ) strongly condemns the ongoing verbal assaults by government officials in Slovakia against journalists from the public broadcaster Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS).
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Bridging the future of EU media policy – AEJ Belgium event
In an era marked by digital transformation and escalating challenges to democracy, the Association of European Journalists in Belgium (AEJ Belgium) organised a pivotal roundtable discussion at the Press Club Brussels on Wednesday 27 March. Here is a little recap.
