On April 24, 2024, a group of approximately 20 students visited the European Newsroom (enr) as part of a workshop with the Hans Böckler Foundation (German: Hans Böckler Stiftung).
The workshop “Workplace Europe” (German: “Arbeitsplatz Europa”) took place from April 23 to 25 in Brussels. The goal of this workshop was to introduce participants to the wide range of career opportunities in the EU.
The Hans Böckler Foundation is one of the 13 organisations dedicated to the promotion of talented young people in Germany and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the foundation of the German Trade Union Confederation.
The Foundation supports young people with scholarships for their studies and doctorates and, with its four institutes and research funding, it aims to create knowledge through publications, reports and events.
The European Newsroom team welcomed the participants at its offices at Belga News Agency and explained what the enr is, how it works – and how it’s a truly European workplace. Among the main topics discussed were involvement and collaboration of its 23 news agencies from all over Europe, the editorial work and processes of the newsroom and how the enr helps its participating agencies’ improve their EU news reporting.
The enr team also explained how it conducts joint interviews, often with high-ranking EU officials, and touched upon educational training. The enr offers workshops for its members on a variety of topics, including fact checking and mobile journalism.
Find out more about the participating agencies and the work of the enr here. You can read the enr’s editorial work – its jointly produced Key Stories and its Europe in brief news, a selection of the agencies’ EU news – on the website.