Date/Time
Date(s) - 27/05/2026
18:00 - 20:30
Location
Press Club Brussels Europe
Categories
Join us for a Town Hall Meeting: Future of Media Ethics
Hosted and Chaired by Aidan White, President of the
Ethical Journalism Network
In 2012, I launched the Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) here in Brussels to promote ethics, good governance and self-regulation in news media. In 2014, the EJN moved to London where it was based until January this year. Now it’s coming home!
The Network is freshly re-registered in Belgium and I’m gathering together some friends and supporters to discuss what should be our priorities for EJN 2026. We might agree that it’s a perilous time for ethical journalism with AI, new online players and old threats from corporate and political centres of power still in play.
I would like to discuss with you how we can update the rich body of work we have already put in place (see www.ethicaljournalismnetwork.org) and how we forge a new role for the EJN.
Your experience, insights and understanding of the conditions in which contemporary journalism operates will be invaluable in answering two critical questions:
1. What practical and useful support can we give to journalists and media support groups who are trying to keep the ethical flame alive?
2. What priorities should the EJN adopt for the immediate future, including reporting on egregious ethical behaviour? Reaching out to new players in the field of journalism?
I would very much like you to join me and some friends for a chat and a drink to talk about this exciting new phase of the EJN’s work and activity. Please see the details below. It will not be another gloom-fest – we have had plenty of those – but a chance to put some positive thinking into how we can make journalism work better.
I hope you’ll be there,
Aidan