E3J EU-funded project
Under the lead of Reporters without Borders (RsF), COPEAM is partner in the project “European Excellence Exchange in Journalism” (E3J), co-funded by the Creative Europe programme on journalism partnerships.
The project aims to promote sector-wide, cross-border collaboration between news media professionals in Europe, to stimulate sharing of best practices for collaborative business transformation, to encourage journalistic collaboration by developing standards, new business models, training programmes and other activities intended to uphold quality journalism.
The consortium – composed by RsF, COPEAM, Free Press Unlimited (FPU), the Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE) and its leading Austrian…
COPEAM-EIB transnational newsroom in the framework of the COP27
Sharm El Sheikh, 14-18 November 2022
In the framework of the partnership with the EIB-European Investment Bank, COPEAM set up a transnational newsroom to produce news reports about the COP27 World Conference on Climate Change (Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt), under the coordination of a senior international expert and with the support of a local production team.
COPEAM selected, among the most successful beneficiaries of its previous training activities on climate reporting, 11 journalists from the MENA, Balkans and Sub-Saharan regions to take part in this activity.
During 3 days, they shot, wrote, recorded,…
A COPEAM/EIB transnational newsroom for the coverage of the COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh
Putting the issue of climate change at the heart of a correct media discourse: this is the objective of COPEAM’s initiative which, with the support of the European Investment Bank, will accompany the work of 11 journalists from Africa, Middle East and the Balkans during the COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh.
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, is currently taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (November 6-18). This edition is of crucial importance in the face of a global context marked by a seriesof extreme climatic events and energy shocks. COPEAM (Permanent Conference of…
NEW EDITION OF THE JOURNALISM TRAINING “REPORTING CLIMATE CHANGE”: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION NOW OPEN
Climate change is considered as the “defining issue of our time”. In a time when trustworthy information is at stake, citizens need to be aware about the impact of climate change and the mitigation and adaptation strategies that can be implemented.
Considering the importance of this, COPEAM – with the support of the EIB – European Investment Bank – has launched a new edition of the international e-learning course for journalists “Reporting Climate Change”, aimed at reinforcing beneficiary professionals’ skills, thus ultimately contributing to the production of quality-information about climate change and environmental sustainability.
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First online masterclass on the “Creative use of audiovisual archives”, in partnership with RAI
15 December 2021
On 15 December 2021, COPEAM hold an online Masterclass on the “Creative use of audiovisual archives”, in partnership with RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana.
The initiative was open to the students of the three film and audiovisual schools of COPEAM network: ALBA (Lebanon), ESAV/Marrakech (Morocco) and ESAC (Tunisia).
The attendees had the opportunity to learn from, exchange and discuss with professionals and experts of the archives domain working for the Italian public broadcaster.
In particular, Danila Komar (RAI Teche) provided an overview on the preservation and management methodologies of the vast…
“Reporting climate change” – the 2021/2022 edition of the e-learning course for journalists
The new call for candidatures for the “Reporting climate change” online training course is open to journalists from the Middle East, the Balkans and all the African countries.
(deadline: October 7, 2021 – beginning of the course: November 2021).
A new step in the collaboration between COPEAM and the EIB – European Investment Bank: this free e-learning course, launched at the end of 2020 by COPEAM and the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO, has been further extended and developed.
The main innovations of the second edition include:
- 2 new…
“Reporting climate change” – new edition of the e-learning course
The new call for candidatures for the “Reporting climate change” online training course is open to journalists from the MENA region, the Balkans and the Gulf (deadline: April 30, 2021).
Since 2015, COPEAM, with the support of the EIB – European Investment Bank, has been organizing annual international activities open to television, radio and press journalists on the topics of climate change and sustainable development. These initiatives aim to strengthen the knowledge and professional skills of beneficiaries, while promoting quality information around issues of global interest.
At the end of 2020,…
“Film music” master class with Jean-Michel Bernard
3 March 2021
In partnership with the Cinema & Music Film Festival of La Baule and thanks to the support of CoopMed des Nuits Méditerranéennes, COPEAM has organized an online master class around the theme of film music addressing the cinema schools members of the network: ALBA (Lebanon), ESAV/Marrakech (Morocco) and ESAC (Tunis).
About forty students had the opportunity to exchange and share with Jean-Michel Bernard, a composer with a rich career who has worked with the greatest French and international directors (Scorsese, Gondry, etc. ). A masterclass to be found on the COPEAM YouTube page:…
Participative training on Gender Equality in the Media
COPEAM developed a new training activity funded by the Council of Europe through the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, with the aim of covering the topic of sexist stereotypes and gender equality in the Media in both Europe and South-Mediterranean countries.
The training was structured as follows:
A training module composed of 5 biweekly sessions on different aspects of the gender-media-equality relation:
- Women and leadership in media industries
- Gender representation in media contents
- Violence against women journalists
- Gender-sensitive media policies
- Gendered journalism cultures
This module was…
