Don’t look a Turk straight in the eyes

Generalizations  about nations are usually exaggerated and often inapplicable to an individual, but that does not prevent us from being under their influence.

Milena Stošić

People tend to stick firmly to their prejudices, and the media  — which often participate in creating those — should take more responsibility in order to contribute to their reassessment.

My experience in Istanbul has taught me once again to trust my own eyes more and rumours less. Of course, you shouldn’t blindly believe me, because even what I say now might be questioned by the experience of someone else.

How can New Media be used to stimulate the public debate on EU Enlargement?

How can New Media be used to stimulate the public debate on EU Enlargement?

presentation by Milena Stosic & Debora Miranda

Closing conference EYJA 2010

May 2010, Istanbul, Turkey

They enlarged their vision

Winning reports “Enlarge your vision” European young journalist award 2010

Quotes

Meet the three special prize winners

Vladislav Velev from Bulgaria, Prune Antoine from France and Verena Ringler from Austria talk to Kathrin Breer about the story behind their story, their work and their hopes for the future after EYJA 2010.

Compromises – every tolerant society’s need

European Union enlargement has recently provoked a lot of discussion in Europe. Benefits, challenges, compromises, advantages and disadvantages inevitably accompany the enlargement process. The European Union is becoming bigger and bigger. As new states are joining, so are new cultures mixing. This process will inevitably accompany Turkey’s accession to the EU as well.

Slavomíra Gašperová

Radovan Potočár: ‘The award might encourage me to study journalism.’

Kathrin Breer met with EYJA 2010′s youngest winner.

After Istanbul

We are glad to see that the number of viewers of our blog keeps rising and that we are getting more than 300 views everyday. That must show a big interest in our project from your side. We apologise for being a little bit slow in posting new texts about the trip, but the alumni team is still recovering from these exhausting (but excellent) days. Workshop presentations, videos, pictures and interviews still to come!

In the meantime, please feel free to share your thoughts and ideas by commenting on our articles – We are looking forward to ENLARGING our network of young journalists!

Débora Miranda

And the winners are…

Over 30 national winners spent five unforgettable days in Istanbul – for three of them the journey is not over yet. A European jury selected three special prize winners, who each win a trip to a European capital of their choice.

The winners in the following categories are:

Impressions of Istanbul – in sound and image

Click here to watch an 8-minute glimpse of what we’ve been doing in Istanbul – post your comments and thoughts below!

Slideshow produced by Debora Miranda and Zsuzsa Szabo

Does Turkish culture threaten European identity?

During the workshop about Turkey and EU, journalist and media consultant Ruken Barış reminded participants that Europe constantly changes.

Clara Bergström

Before discussing Turkey, we have to define what Europe is, says Ruken Barış. The young journalists, sitting in the grass of Istanbul Bilgi university campus, are hesitant.

– Is Europe rigid or ever-changing? When talking about it as something obvious, you forget that Europe looked different only a few decades ago. Then ”Europe” meant Western Europe, says Ruken Barış.