Journalists and Editors Workshops

The MEUCE regularly contributes a European perspective to the Journalism and Editors Workshop convened by FIU’s Latin American and Caribbean Center. The workshop brings together journalists from the hemisphere to discuss of contemporary urgency.

Recent MEUCE contributions have included:

  • A breakfast-roundtable on "Caught between the EU and Russia Media Coverage of the Ukrainian Crisis:A view from the Americas" with Sergio Gomez, DC Correspondent of El Tiempo, Colombia; Orlando Lopez Selva, Columnist of El Nuevo Diario, Nicaragua; Dr. Leonardo Ferreira, Worlds Ahead Scholar in International Communication, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, FIU; Dr. David J. Park, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, GSC Master's Degree, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, FIU; Dr. Rebecca Friedman, Co-Director, Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence, FIU (August 28, 2014). For more information, click here
  • A luncheon-seminar with the Press and Public Diplomacy Counselors of the EU embassies in Washington D.C. Special Context: "Hispanic Media, Is it different?" with Pedro A. González, President, Florida Association of Hispanic Journalists; Dr. Joaquin Roy, Jean Monnet Chair "Ad Personam", University of Miami; Dr. Leonardo Ferreira, Professor of Journalism, University of Miami (April 26th, 2013) For more information, click here
  • A breakfast-roundtable on "Immigration in the United States and Europe" with Pedro A. González, President, Florida Association of Hispanic Journalists; Pilar Marrero, Columnist, La OPINION DE LOS ANGELES; Javier Pagalday Gastelurrutia, Deputy Consul General of Spain; Dr. Joaquin Roy, Jean Monnet Chair, University of Miami; Dr. Leonardo Ferreira, Professor of Journalism, University of Miami (May 9th, 2012). For more information, click here
  • A breakfast-roundtable on "The European Union: Views from Spanish correspondents in the US and the Miami Hispanic Media" with Pedro A. González, President, Florida Association of Hispanic Journalists; David Alandete, Journalist of El Pais, deputy head of the office in Washington; Marc Bassets, Correspondent of La Vanguardia in Washington DC (May 19th, 2011). For more information, click here
  • A Special address on "The Issue of Identity vis-a-vis the Emergence of European Islam" with Dr. Guillermo Uribe, Groupe de Recherches en Sciences Sociales sur l'Amerique Latine (Gresal), Maison des Sciences de l'Homme-Alpes, Grenoble, France (28th Annual Journalists and Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean – May 27th, 2010). For more information, click here
  • A keynote speaker at the luncheon on “Disaster Risk Reduction in Inter-America Affairs” with Mr. Andrew Maskrey, Coordinator, ISDR Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Geneva (27th Annual Journalists and Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean – April 30th, 2009)
  • A panel on “Last Year’s Biggest Stories and What to Expect in 2008” that featured contributions from Sébastian Santander, Universite de Liège, Belgium (26th Annual Journalists and Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean – May 2nd, 2008)
  • A panel on “Reporting Under Fire and Battling Censorship: Columbia, Cuba, and the US-Mexico Border” that featured contribution from Alberto Cabezas Talavero, EFE Spanish News Agency, Spain/Mexico (26th Annual Journalists and Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean – May 2nd, 2008)
  • A panel on “The Immigration Effect in Europe” that featured contributions from Ashok Adiceam, the French Cultural Attache in Miami, Michael Werz of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Miguel Angel Aguilar of the Asociacion de Periodistas Europeos. (25th Annual Journalists and Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean – May 11th, 2007). For more information, click here
  • A panel on “The New Andean Left and Europe” which included Mr. James Painter of the BBC, Dr. Timothy Power of Oxford University, and Ms. Laura Barros of Deutsche Presse Agentur. (24th Annual Journalists and Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean – May 5th, 2006)