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International Youth Conference We’re glad to announce the successful end of the Citizen Journalism Academy for Youth project, marked by a final conference in Athens, Greece. It took place on March 21st in Athens, Greece. The event was joined by representatives of the project’s consortium, young people interested in the topics of citizen journalism, media… Continue reading International Youth Conference

Final Youth Conference Press Release The final youth conference – part of the implementation of the Erasmus+ co-funded project JOUR-YOU: Citizen Journalism Academy for Youth – is going to be held on March 21, 2024 in Athens, Greece. The main goal of the conference is to introduce the results of the project and engage young… Continue reading Final Youth Conference Press Release

The International Competition of Citizen Journalism for Young People welcomed motivated journalism enthusiasts from seven countries to cover a topic they consider important for their local community and young people. Between September 15 and November 21, 2023, a total of 84 young people took part in the competition. They were encouraged to present their material… Continue reading Citizen Journalism International Competition Results

The training materials created during the implementation of the JOUR-YOU Project are now published. The main objectives of the materials are to foster the citizen journalism knowledge and skills of young people and youth workers. There are three new materials available online: Free course on citizen journalism: the online course is divided into seven sections… Continue reading JOUR-YOU training materials

The International Academy on Citizen Journalism was successfully held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 11 to 15 September. 35 participants enriched their knowledge of citizen journalism, fake news detection and media literacy. Young people from all seven JOUR-YOU partner countries (Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Jordan, Tunisia, Italy and Egypt) developed valuable skills focused on critical thinking, creating… Continue reading Citizen Journalism International Academy in Sofia

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION ON CITIZEN JOURNALISM PRESS RELEASE International Competition on Citizen Journalism is giving an opportunity to young people (18-30) from seven different countries to show their citizen journalism skills. To join the contest, they must create and submit a material focused on a topic they consider important to their local community. The material can… Continue reading INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION ON CITIZEN JOURNALISM PRESS RELEASE

We are glad to present the first research results under the JOUR-YOU project. Our international team of youth workers produced stocktaking and reflection papers on the current state of citizen journalism in partner countries.The objectives of the joint document are: to identify measures to facilitate media literacy and citizen journalism in partner countries, use a… Continue reading Reflection papers

Between 20 and 22 April 2022, a kick-off meeting and a seminar for youth workers were held in Tirana, Albania. During the three days of the meeting, the partners in the consortium got acquainted with the project’s main aims, objectives, activities and expected results. The consortium discussed the dissemination of the project results, monitoring and… Continue reading Kick-off meeting and Seminar of Youth Workers