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Colleague Ahmed Hadzijamakovic died last week
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We have received sad news that our colleague Ahmed Hadzijamakovic from RTBH in Sarajevo died last week.
Ahmed was a long time National Coordinator for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Member of the European Board of CIRCOM Regional.
We will remember him as an exceptional professionalist and a reliable friend.
We express our deepest sympathy to his wife and family.
PIERRE COUCHARD, Executive Committee CIRCOM dies suddenly
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It is hard to find words in this situation. Being in Groningen to prepare this year’s Annual conference of Circom Regional, we received the sad news that our colleague Pierre Couchard from RTBF in Brussels had died.
Pierre, one of the founders of CIRCOM, was a long time friend and supporter of the Association and contributed immensely to build Circom into a strong, healthy and vibrant organisation.
Friendship is the term the Circom family associates with Pierre Couchard.
Only last week he was working on European co-productions trying to establish collaboration between European stations.
We will remember him as a brilliant journalist, reliable friend and a great European.
We express our deepest sympathy to his wife and family.
Digital News Affairs conference
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Adapting to the challenges of the digital revolution
The news and media world is under assault as never before
Some of the most creative people of the media business met for two days, March 4th and 5th 2009, in Brussels, at the “Digital News Affairs” conference. The “DNA” is attented by Circom Regional General Secretary, Peter Sauer. His report after the first day starts with: “During this conference I always hear three phrases: “Budget cuts, social networks and merged newsrooms”.
New Ideas, new structures are needed to deal with the decreasing budgets in the whole media world. Everybody, who is reporting during DNA tells the audience, that we have to focus on are journalistic abilities, while using technological development to reduce the amount of money which has to be spent.
All experts during this conference say, that each media company should use each possible channel to deliver his journalistic content. This fits to the new Circom Regional strategy. During the annual conference the executive committee will propose to change the statutes of our organisation. It should be open not only for regional public television stations. It should be open also for the online and radio departements of our members.
One remarkable aspect of the DNA: The VJ award run by this conference was won by a newspaper VJ for the first time. The winner works for the Wasington Post. Her VJ piece makes clear, we as TV people don´t have the exclusive monopole to deliver top level quality for ever. We must take care of the new competition coming from the site of the newspapers in the web.
Finaly the DNA conference ensures me as the Secretary General of Circom Regional, that we are preparing an interesting annual conference in Groningen, which will deliver a lot of answers for the problems we all have to face.
The BBC is quite selfconfident. Pat Laughrey, head of BBC regions and nations,answered the question what happens if lokal newspapers do not survive the economical crises.
He thinks the BBC could take over their job as well.
Michael Rosenblum's first visit in Europe was in occasion of the Circom Annual Conference in Kosice. Many TV-Stations in Germany, HR in particular were influenced by his Circom-Workshops.
Creative heads at he panel
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Your Balaton Summer – European Cultural exchange weeks in summer 2009
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Call for Applications – ”Your Balaton Summer” – The 1st European Cultural Exchange Programme of MTV
MTV is pleased to announce its 1st European Cultural Exchange programme, the ”Your Balaton Summer”.
Join the crew of ”Balaton Summer”, the television news programme of MTV for a week, tell your experiences and make your own Balaton story!
Every summer the colleagues of the regional stations of MTV work on a common project at Lake Balaton, in Hungary, and produce a 5 minute information-news programme, the "Balaton Summer" (Balatoni Nyár).
This summer, for the 1st time the Balaton crew would like to invite 11 video journalists (one per week) from all over Europe to join the crew of the ”Balaton Summer”. The opportunity is open to young and ambitious journalists who are ready to work as video journalists.
Applications will be considered from people who work in news who wish to get experiences working abroad as video journalists.
Candidates should speak good English!
The participation is free of charge. MTV will provide for all successful applications free accommodation with breakfast, lunch and dinner. The candidates / their stations should cover only the travel costs to Budapest.
The European Intercultural Programme begins on Sunday June 7th until Sunday, August 23rd and it works on a weekly basis.
Applications must be received by Friday, May 8th 2009.
CIRCOM deeply concerned at bombing incident in Bilbao
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"My thoughts and I am sure the thoughts of all of our colleagues in CIRCOM are with you at this difficult time. An attack on the media like this is an attack on democracy itself. Let us hope and pray that the year ahead will bring peace and understanding to all troubled lands and that people like you and your good colleagues can work without fear or intimidation. Please extend my good wishes and deepest concern to all our dear friends who made us so welcome in your wonderful city. Thinking of you at this difficult time.
Beir Beannacht
Michael Lally
President CIRCOM Regional