Webinar EFJ: “Trust in media: Telework during and after the Covid-19 pandemic” (22–23 September)

The webi­na­rs received finan­cial sup­port from UNESCO and the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion (DG EMPL).

REGISTRATION

In order to join the webi­na­rs, you need to reg­is­ter before­hand. If you wish to par­tic­i­pate on both days, please reg­is­ter for each day indi­vid­u­al­ly. After fill­ing in the short reg­is­tra­tion form, you will receive a con­fir­ma­tion email with the link to join the ses­sion. We rec­om­mend sav­ing the links to your cal­en­dar, so you can eas­i­ly access the meet­ing with­out delay. To reg­is­ter for day 1, click here. To reg­is­ter for day 2, click here.

DAY 1

Wednes­day, 22 Sep­tem­ber 2021, 5:00 – 6:30 PM (CET)

5:00 – 5:15: Intro­duc­tion

Ade­line Hulin, Project offi­cer, UNESCO
Andrea Roth, Chair of LAREG / Chair of Europe Com­mis­sion, Ger­man Jour­nal­ist Fed­er­a­tion (DJV)

Facil­i­ta­tor: Yuk Lan Wong (EFJ)

5:15 – 5:45: An overview of tele­work/home-office prac­tices in the media
To what extent is tele­work/home-office prac­ticed in the media dur­ing and after the Covid-19 pan­dem­ic? What are the com­mon chal­lenges fac­ing jour­nal­ists and jour­nal­ists’ organ­i­sa­tions on these issues?

Marc Gru­ber, researcher
NN, jour­nal­ist

Mod­er­a­tor: Andrea Roth, Chair of LAREG / Chair of Europe Com­mis­sion, Ger­man Jour­nal­ist Fed­er­a­tion (DJV)

5:45 – 6:30: How to achieve a “work-life bal­ance” in the new world of tele­work/home-office or hybrid office?
What rights do we have? How can we main­tain decent work­ing con­di­tions and avoid burnout? Or is it a new way to exploit work­ers and turn them into free­lances?

NN, Euro­pean Trade Union Con­fed­er­a­tion (ETUC) TBC
Odd­run Midt­bø, free­lance jour­nal­ist, Nor­we­gian Jour­nal­ists’ Union
Tuo­mas Aal­to, Finnish Jour­nal­ists’ Union
NN, Aus­tria TBC

Mod­er­a­tor: Maja Sev­er, Trade Union of Croa­t­ian Jour­nal­ists (TUCJ)

DAY 2  

Thurs­day, 23 Sep­tem­ber 2021, 12:00 – 1:30 PM (CET)

Tele­work/home-office after the Covid 19 pan­dem­ic: What can unions and asso­ci­a­tions do to secure the ben­e­fits of tele­work/home-office? How can they reach out to jour­nal­ists? What can we expect from media employ­ers? What are exist­ing good prac­tices at the nation­al and Euro­pean lev­els?

Nay­la Yazbeck Glaise, Ugict France
Pierre Bersastegui, ETUI, researcher
İlyas Coşkun, Occu­pa­tion­al Rights Offi­cer, TGS Turkey

Mod­er­a­tor: Allan Boye Thul­strup, Vice- Pres­i­dent, Dan­ish Jour­nal­ists’ Union

Reg­is­ter for day 1 here and for day 2 here.