Association of European Journalists

Memory 2016

Spanish Section

Association of European Journalists

Index:

Meetings at our office …………………………………………………………………… 3

Conferences

The revolution of the fourth estate……………………………………………………………… 5

New European challenges of freedom of information …………….……………………………….. 6

XXVIII Seminar on Defense. Cowed Europe: the threat of……………………………………… 7

XXVIII Seminar on Europe. Europe concerned………………………………….…………….. 9

XXII Eurolatinoamericano Communication Forum…………………………………………… 11

Awards

XXII Salvador de Madariaga………………………………………………………………. 12

Releases……………………………………………………………….………………… 13

Immediate events

The future of public mass media in Spain…………………………………….……………….. 14

XXIII Francisco Cerecedo………………………………..………………………………….15

XIV Coca-Cola Day of Journalism…………………..…..…………………………………...16

Meetings at our office

Conferences

The revolution of the Fourth Estate

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January, 26th

Madrid

The Dialogue Foundation in collaboration with the AEJ organized a meeting in which he discussed how in the last fifteen years, globalization and digitization have affected nearly all sectors of industry and services of our societies.

The media have had to adapt to new challenges to capture audiences ever more demanding, more versatile and more segmented. In this situation the day tried to respond questions like what the new place called Fourth State, what has been gained and what is lost in the way of digitizing and what should be the code of ethics for professionals.

Participated Jorge Badía, Director General of Cuatrecasas - Gonçalves Pereira, Juan Oñate, Director APE, Mercedes Cabrera, Professor History of Thought and Movements Social and Political Universidad Complutens Madrid and former Minister of

Education and Culture, Miguel Angel Aguilar, Secretary General of the APE, Mauricio Carlotti, Vice Atresmedia Group, Catherine Golliau, editor at Le Point and Bruno Patino, Editorial Director and Chief ART School of Journalism at Sciences Po Paris.

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New European Challenges on Freedom Information

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April, 14th

Madrid

The Platform in Defense of Freedom of Information (PDLI) participated in the Academic workshop Spain-Italy "New European challenges on freedom information ", organized jointly by URJC and the Association European Journalists and held the April 14 on the campus of Madrid.

The conference, which was opened by the Dean of Faculty Law and Social Sciences, Pilar Laguna, began with a presentation by Miguel Ángel Aguilar, Secretary General of the Association of Journalists Europeans, on freedom of information in Europe.

The following scenarios analyzed were Italian and Spanish situation, to go into detail about degree of protection, or absence of guarantees, counting exercise of this right in both countries. Alberto Spampinato journalist from the organization Ossigeno per l'informazione, presented the situation in Italy and Yolanda Quintana, secretary General PDLI, gave an overview of the

case Spanish. The day ended with a round-table discussion in which also they participated Joan Barata, expert international (OSCE) and professor URJC Mario Garcia de Castro.

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Cowed Europe: the threat of Jihadism

June, 9th and 10th

Toledo.

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The XXVIII edition of the International Seminar Security and Defense took place in the Parador de Toledo during the 8th and 9th June. Following the thread of the previous edition, in which the origin and development of Jihadism was, in this the deepened its analysis exploring consistency its structure, new threats and it represents and the work being one in Spain for fight it. The first session was titled "Radiography the DAESH: Structure f state and economic hardship " and involved Joost Hiltermann, Director of Crisis Group MENA program, Jean-Pierre Filiu, French Arabist, professor in Middle East Studies at Sciences Po, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) and Jesús Nunez Villaverde, Codirector of the Institute of Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action (IECAH), all moderated by Anna Bosch, TVE journalist.

The next speaker was Admiral Fernando Garcia Sanchez, Chief of Staff of Defense who addressed the role of the forces Armed Spanish in their work against DAESH. The director of Europa Press, Javier García Vila, instructed to present the speaker and directing the subsequent debate.

The third session was held under the title "The frustrated jihadist threat" and involved Alejandro Alvargonzález, Secretary General for Defence Policy, Jean-Pierre Filiu, French Arabist, professor in Middle East Studies Sciences Po, Colonel Ignacio Fuente Cobo, senior analyst at the Institute for the Study Spanish Strategic, Colonel Emilio Sanchez de Rojas Diaz, head of Research and Analysis School of High Studies of Defense and Carola García-Calvo, researcher on terrorism Global Real Instituto Elcano. The journalist Arantza Martin, responsible for security a defense in Onda Cero Radio, moderated the session.

The second day of the seminar began with a lecture by General Felix Sanz Roldan, Director of the National Intelligence Center, who explained the situation center directing and detailed how the fighting is done DAESH from the angle of the intelligence. The General was presented by the director of The Huffington Post, Montserrat Domínguez.

Subsequently, the Secretary of State for Security, Francisco Martinez Vazquez explained the successful coordination between the various Europeans corps in the fight against jihadist terrorism, under the moderation of Ana Terradillos, expert terrorism and security Cadena SER.

The sixth session, "Strategic Communication anti Jihadism" has analyzed how sophisticated DAESH propaganda coming to convert their media in a references in the region. In the discussion were involved General Miguel Angel Ballesteros, Director General of the IEEE, Fran Sevilla, head RNE international and Francisco Javier Casas, Director of the Division for Coordination and Studies Security and Defence, Ministry of Defence. Georgina Higueras, excorresponsal of El País in Asia, was in charge of conducting the session.

The closing was in charge of Pedro Morenés, Minister of Defense. The minister defined the position of the Government of Spain on Defense, analyzing the different fronts those involved troops and explaining how Jihadism can be fought – and defeated.

More than 140 people in the area military, diplomatic, academic and journalistic attended the Seminar.

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Europe questioned

July, 11th and 12th

Madrid

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The Carlos de Amberes Foundation held the XXVIII seminar on Europe organized by the Association of European Journalists. After the welcome words from Diego Carcedo, President of the APE, and Miguel Angel Aguilar, Secretary General, begun the conference of Javier Solana, who explained in detail how it has reached the current situation and possible ways to resolve the situation. For the former High Representative for the PESC, the twenty-first century began with three events "happened in the summer of 2008: the Olympic Games in Beijing, the conflict between Russia and Georgia and the beginning of the economic crisis". Since then, the Brexit has led to the biggest crisis and, although always knew to expect the UK love to the European Union was a vain hope, yes that was unexpected news. Is part of the reason why the remain had candidate or a message; while his supporters have made a dramatic campaign opposites have made a happier under a clear slogan: "Let's regain our freedom"; they have managed to successfully lead anger with European elites.

After this a round tabke took place on which participated Adam Michnik, editor of Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland), Xavier Vidal Folch, Deputy Director and columnist for El País, Teresa Jimenez Becerril, MEP for the PP and Cristina Manzano, Director of esglobal, all moderated by Jesus Maraña, editor of Infolibre. For Vidal Folch "economic message postBrexit is not very encouraging for other nationalist forces", tempted to follow suit. He recalled that, curiously, Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon was proposed by the UK although no one could think that someday they were to welcome him. He

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would not miss it "has been a cheater referendum, with less than Montenegro legal guarantees". Cristina Manzano has warned next three ratings: general elections in Austria and the referenda in Hungary and Italy.

The XXVIII Seminar on Europe of the Association of European Journalists continued next morning at the Carlos de Amberes Foundation with a conference by Joaquin Almunia followed by a round table which intervened Petr Placák, writer, journalist and Czech historian; Fernando Vallespín, Professor of Political Science at the Autonomous University of Madrid and president of the CIS; Adam Michnik, editor of Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland) and Mira Milosevic-Juaristi, senior research associate at the Real Instituto Elcano exercising Ruben Amón, journalist of El País and, as moderator.

The fourth session had the title “The sequel Brexit and authoritarianism as pretension”. Fernando Vallespín began his speech noting the failure of the EU has not been established as a political order or politeia while policies are being carried out without alternative solutions. For the professor of Political Science this has just resisted an axis that is pitting against demarcacionistas integrationist disappearing and pluralism. We live, therefore, in a time where emotions have been put before the interests. Resulting in the idea of ​​Almunia, he argues that Europeans have not been explained to them the benefits of integration. The debate continued with the reflections of Adam Michnik who explained his views about President Putin, naming him official impersonator Slobodan Milošević, by practicing both a dangerous mixture between communism and nationalism. According to the Polish veteran journalists, Russia has adopted a position of victim when not correspond at all. In between are countries like Poland, forced to choose between being part of Europe or be sucked into Russia. These theses have been defended by Mira Milosevic then-Juaristi who understands that the Russian initiative to defend its citizens abroad is part of a process reimperialización. Within that plan, no doubt the commitment of the Kremlin by an EU divided. Finally, Petr Placák thesis has deepened in clarifying that the real culprit of the current Russian foreign policy is its population, suffering from nostalgia from earlier times.

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Ibero-American meeting of young and enterprising journalism

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October, 24th - 26th

Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

The XXII Latin-American Communication Forum held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, continued a series started in 1995, which brought together journalists, representatives of mass media, experts and politicians, always on the eve of the relevant Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government or Summit EU - Latin America and Caribbean. A time to evaluate the most important issues on the region and its relationship with the continent. The Forums promotes a stable environment of relations between European and Latin American professionals, promoting a joint analysis and discussions on the future of the media and civil societies on both continents and facilitate media coverage and impact of the Summits.

The Ibero-American meeting of young and enterprising journalism aims to take stock of the state is the young journalism in Latin America at a time of transformations, at the same time are impacting on the training of journalists and their professional profile: What are the concerns, trends, new fields of action and, above all, its future?, What roads will be transit to new management models, work and service to our societies?

The program will include presentations by young innovative

experiences driven; tables of reflection on the journalism that is done to young people, their content strategies and mechanisms as an industry; prospective on what we can build on agenda and journalistic innovation. With preponderance of young journalists, the meeting was completed with the participation of experts, veteran journalists and representatives from academia, political, diplomatic and so on. Organized by the Association of European Journalists (AEJ), the Gabriel García Márquez Foundation for New Latin American Journalism (FNPI). It has the support of the General Secretariat (SEGIB).

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Awards

XX Salvador de Madariaga

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May, 17th

Cuenca

The President of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page; President of the Congress of Deputies, Patxi Lopez, and Secretary of State for the EU in office, Fernando Eguidazu, have defended the need to continue investing in Europe in the delivery of the XXII Award for Journalism European Salvador de Madariaga, award given by the Association of European Journalists in collaboration with representations in Spain of the European Commission and the European Parliament and sponsored by IBERDROLA, which is awarded in three categories: written press, radio and television.

In the first category the winner was Íñigo Dominguez, correspondent during months in Rome for the Vocento group.

In radio category the awarded was for Community correspondent RNE, Antonio Delgado, defined by the jury as "tireless in following everything that is