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Inspiring Workshop Trainers will support our 15 young participants from Eastern Partnership Countries and Russia on the topic of “How to finance Independent Journalism”

1 September, 2017. Just one week from now, the M100 Young European Journalists Workshop will begin! We look forward to inspiring workshops by our Trainers on the topic of “How to finance Independent Journalism – Education, Platforms, Business Models”. Our 15 participants from the Eastern Partnership countries Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, as well as from Russia, face challenges with freedom of press and independent journalism in their home countries. We therefore aim to support them and provide them with information about the financing options available in their home countries and on models that are suitable for their ideas and potential readers, enabling them to realise their journalistic projects and support democratic processes. For more information, find here the agenda of the #M100YEJ.

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“Europe becomes an emotional theme for more and more young people”

For a long time, Europe was not much more than a bureaucratic monster for many people – far removed from their own real lives. But suddenly the confederation has become an emotional theme for a growing number of young people, a cause for which some regularly take to the streets. We have felt this newfound enthusiasm at the Huffington Post by the strong response we had received to our ‘Voices of Europe’ section. Using a representative questionnaire, we found out that every third German citizen could imagine swapping their German passport for a European one. I’m excited that this theme has been given a broad platform for discussion at the M100 Colloquium.

Sebastian Matthes, Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post Germany

M100SC participant Christopher Walker warns against growing threat from authoritarian internationalism

“In the era of globalization, authoritarian regimes have become adept at using state power to exploit the openness of democratic systems. By insinuating themselves into the financial, political, and media systems of the democracies, these authoritarian powers have identified an area where they have a competitive advantage. In this new environment, the autocrats are playing to win. By ceding the field, the democracies only will allow the authoritarians to dictate the rules of the game.”

Christopher Walker, Vice President for Studies and Analysis, National Endowment for Democracy, USA

The extensive text, published in the “International Reports” of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, can be read here.