From 28th July till 25th August 2007 the first European Summer Academy (ESA.tv) took place in Nuremberg.
Supported by the Robert-Bosch-Foundation, 20 joung Journalists from Public TV-Stations of 12 different countries met in Nuremberg to get trained and to learn, what’s about an independent Journalist in a democratic society.

The participants received intensive 4 weeks’ training from the UK based Thomson Foundation at ARD/ZDF’s centre of excellence – the Media Academy.  This partnership of the best technical resources and know-how, combined with years of experience in the field of broadcast training ensured the highest possible standards.

The participants gain insight into current developments, trends and successful television formats in different European television sectors with participants presenting their own country and their TV station to the rest of the group. They explored the role of the journalist in a democratic European society.

Those were four weeks of hard training, impressing excursions, shooting in a foreign country, great experiences and building a strong network between European TV-Journalists.

Stories that participants shoot during first ESA.tv are avaiable on
Circom Regional Video Database

Participants of the first Europan Summer Academy of joung TV-Journalists:

Tanja Stankeva Bulgaria	Anita Bilic Croatia	Ales Gongol Czech Republic	Antje Drinnenberg Germany
Ulrike Wittern Germany	Katja Theresia Sodomann Germany	Kinga Csabai Hungary	Laura Fletcher Ireland
Samantha Libreri Ireland	Kristina Dukic Croatia	Katrin Ficzko Austria	Christina Teuthorn Germany
Ina Schwandner Germany	Michal Adamski Poland	Ewelina Tomasik Poland	Adriana Ciobanu Romania
Tatjana Kren Slovenia	Magdalena Zieba-Schwind Poland/Germany	Vlatko Otasevic Montenegro	Natasa Djulic Serbia