Journalists shouldn’t be denied access to official events. The less trustworthy media reports on facts, the less informed the public is. And that leads to poor choices and stalled...

Fantastic EANA – The European Alliance of News Agencies events in Rome!On the first day I had the pleasure of meeting the President of the Republic of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, at the Palazzo del Quirinale, and on the second day I was reelected as Secretary General of the Alliance for a third term of three years! Exciting developments that weigh heavily! Through the meeting with the...

The Delphi Economic Forum was a good opportunity to discuss disinformation, media literacy, media independence & the financing of public media. The discussion took place in a somewhat new environment for the topic, with the participants focusing on economic issues and global crisis like wars and others, but nonetheless I think that it was very appropriate event to showcase the importance of...

I was very happy to be able to join AGERPRES celebrating the agency’s 135th anniversary in Bucharest and to congratulate Claudia Nicolae for a very well organized event with really high-level speakers. Representing EANA – The European Alliance of News Agencies at an #AGERPRES event was really emotional. Always happy to discuss the future of media and of news agencies in particular,...

Going to Greece in April as a speaker during the Delphi Economic Forum IX many thanks to EANA – The European Alliance of News Agencies member Athens News Agency – Macedonian Press Agency & its president Aimilios Perdikaris for facilitating. Happy to have the opportunity to promote news agencies, trustworthy information, media literacy and other fundamental topics to such a...

I had a wonderful time moderating the panel discussion about copyright implementation in Europe, AI & the DSA, during the CEPIC Centre of the Picture Industry Congress in Juan-les-Pins. Many thanks to my fellow panelists whose diverse backgrounds made the discussion so insightful! Elmir Huremović, the General Manager of Federalna novinska agencija – FENA, Stéphanie Pochon, Avisa...

Great experience speaking to students at the State University of Moldova in #chisinau (Universitatea de Stat din Moldova). It was a crash course on #disinformation, #newsagencies, #factchecking and #medialiteracy. I stressed the importance of #journalists being fully aware of their impact on societies. I was joined by prof. Matthew Hibberd who spoke about the history of disinformation, wartime...

It was very insightful to take part in the workshops organized by the International Press Institute & the @NFNZ @The Endowment for Independent Journalism in Prague, on the very important and relevant topics of the definition of common journalism standards & the European Media Freedom Act. The workshop benefited from a keynote address from European Commission VP Vera Jourová, who spent...

Continuing the opening up process for EANA – The European Alliance of News Agencies, it was a pleasure to deliver a keynote today for PDLN – the Press Database and Licesing Network, during their conference in Vienna. So happy to see some of my EANA colleagues there: Clemens Pig, CEO of APA, the Austrian Press Agency, and President of EANA, and Patrick Lacroix, the CEO of Belga News...

Secretary General of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) Alexandru Giboi evaluated that the topic „Facts and fiction in war and pandemic” was chosen for the EANA spring conference held in Sarajevo because everything related to the topic is important and about it oh it’s never enough to talk about. #fena#fenagency#fenaagency#eanaEANA – The European Alliance of News...