Tag Archives: EU

Closer look: Bloggingportal.eu

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Kathlyn

They may appear just another group of anonymous geeks banging away behind laptops in your local café. But online — and in Brussels — the bloggers who write about the European Union are starting to be noticed. “There is some … Continue reading →

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Lisboetas embrace colorful new daily

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Kathlyn

Earlier this year, I had the good fortune to visit Lisbon for a lovely long holiday weekend. Portugal is now home to one of the more interesting newspaper startups (yep, you saw me put those two words next to each … Continue reading →

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“Portrait of a blogger” video

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Kathlyn

Yesterday I edited the above video together with Bernd, the video producer at the EJC. It’s a follow-up to this video: Today my colleagues received some positive news about funding a second round of this Th!nk About It project, which … Continue reading →

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Yo-ho, Pirate Party gets on board

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Kathlyn

I just read an interview with Christian Engström, the deputy leader of the Swedish Pirate Party. He is a newly elected MEP who has recently arrived in Brussels. I really liked his respectful critique of Europe’s communication strategy. The EU … Continue reading →

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EU election reporting: Crafty Bulgarian media stunt

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Kathlyn

According to an AFP report on EuroBusiness, Bulgarian reporters are crafting bogus weather reports to skirt a law that bans them from releasing exit poll data from the European elections. I love this! In the United States, everyone always fears … Continue reading →

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Johnny Depp would be so proud!

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Kathlyn

Sweden’s Pirate Party has won two seats in the European Parliament! From The Local, one of my fave expat websites: “Among voters aged under 30, some 19 percent are believed to have cast a vote for the Pirate Party. “They … Continue reading →

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EUXTV: European election results

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Kathlyn

This video ran on Dutch TV. I like the presenter’s chart. He does a good job showing first the results from this week’s vote in the Netherlands, then moves on to showing what the results mean in terms of seats … Continue reading →

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News aggregation, translation site launches in Europe

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Kathlyn

Margot Wallström this week stopped by the press room at the “Berlaymonster” to highlight the launch of PressEuropa. In her opening remarks (video below), she says the site is one of many Commission attempts (there was a government tender out … Continue reading →

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Covering minority groups in Europe: Needs fixers?

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Kathlyn

I heard Mehmet Koksal speak at the European Investigative Journalism Conference. He gave a great insight into what it takes to cover minority issues in Europe. I think these communities are truly harder to penetrate in Europe than in the … Continue reading →

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