National juries have been finalised for the pan-European journalist award “Enlarge your vision” that ran until the 31st of May 2009.
The competition, which was open to young European journalists aged 17 to 35 from 35 countries across Europe, were encouraged to reflect and share their views on the European Union and EU enlargement.
In the coming days, national juries made up of leading media professionals and a representative from the European Commission will select one winning article or radio piece from each country. The Maltese panel of adjudicators comprises Ms Velislava Hillman, editor of the youth publication PHASE, Dr Natalino Fenech, editor and head of News of PBS; Mr Alex Attard, editor of the daily newspaper In-Nazzjon; and Dr Angelo Chetcuti to represent the European Commission Representation in Malta.
All national winners of the 2009 European Young Journalist Award will join a cultural and historical trip to the capital of Germany, Berlin from 29th August to 2nd September 2009. This year, Europe will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the iron curtain symbolised by the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
At the same time, it will also be the 5th anniversary of the accession to the EU of the eight Central and Eastern European Countries, as well as Malta and Cyprus. A conference with high level politicians and media representatives will be organised to discuss EU enlargement and to congratulate each and every national winner.
The winning articles and radio pieces will be published on the competition’s website (www.EUJournalist-award.eu [1]) and the articles will be also published in a booklet.
The competition was organised by the European Commission (DG Enlargement), in cooperation with the European Youth Press association and Cafebabel.com. Further information about this award is available at www.EUJournalist-award.eu [1].