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The
European Journalism Centre
(EJC) is an independent,
non-profit
institute, based in
Maastricht
,
Limburg
, The
Netherlands
.
Operations
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Its aim is to give further training to mid-career
journalists
and media professionals. The institute also acts a partner and organiser at the European level for media companies, professional organisations, journalism schools and government bodies seeking to establish activities and projects.
For an extensive research project on food worldwide, Dutch newspaper
de Volkskrant
was given the
European Publishers' Long-term Reporting Grant
. The EJC was financed for this grant by the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
.
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[3]
Its director, since 2016 is Adam Thomas.
In 2017, European Journalism Centre launched 'The News Impact' programme, an attempt to assemble hands-on professionals who may be able to tutor future journalists, on the grounds of innovation, tools of journalism as well as technology. This program, which usually consists of multiple annual events is powered by
Google News Initiative
.
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Former director, 2006?2016, was Wilfried Ruetten,
[5]
also board member
[6]
of the
Global Editors Network
since April 2011. He was previously the head of digital television at the
University of Applied Sciences
in
Salzburg
,
Austria
, and has worked in German public and private broadcasting as a reporter and producer (
ARD
,
RTL Group
...) as well as in journalism education.
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External links
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- European Centre for Digital Communication
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