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The European Youth Press (EYP) is an umbrella association of young media makers in Europe with more than 50.000 members. EYP organises numerous events for young journalists and promotes the role of youth media and the freedom of the press in Europe. EYP also takes part in discussions about journalistic education standards and media policies throughout the European Union. The EYP sees itself as serving the national structures through the development and coordination of projects organized by young media makers in Europe. EYP provides contact forums and educational seminars for multipliers of the member associations. Above all, the aim of all member associations and of EYP is to inspire young people to become involved in the media and take an active part in civil society by fostering objective and independent journalism.

EYP "supports young journalists throughout Europe by connecting them across borders, bringing them together to cover international events and question politicians, and increasing access to diverse sources and points of view."

History
The European Youth Press was founded May 5th, 2004 in Berlin during the congress "News in Motion". The founding members are: Youth Press of Austria, ASPJ - Swiss Youth Press, Youth Press of Germany, Balkan Youth Press, League of Young Russian Journalists, FAR - Bulgaria, POLIS - Polish Youth Press, DUE - Hungarian Youth Press, Ungmedia - Swedish Youth Press.

Organization
The European Youth Press' organization is based on three main bodies: the general assembly, made of the representatives of each member organisation, the executive board, elected to run the organization on a daily basis, and the advisory committee, meant to council the board.

European Youth Media Days
Since 2007 the European Youth Press has been organising, together with the European Parliament, the biggest event for young media makers from the 27 member states: the European Youth Media Days. This event brings together every year around 300 participants from the EU who had the chance to report from within the European Parliament for 3 days, to attend conferences and speak to MEPs. The young journalists meet and produce media together. The European Youth Media Days 2012 will take place between 16-18 October 2010 in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Orange Magazine
Orangelog.eu has been created to provide an interactive, multimedia platform for event coverage. Young journalists from all over Europe meet for the first time and take the challenge of working together to report about different events happening across the continent. In 5 years, Orangelog.eu young journalists have been reporting from more than 30 events like: The United Nations Human Rights Conference in Paris, France (2008), the NATO Afghan Student Forum in Pisa, Italy (2007), the first Asia-Europe Young Urban Leaders Dialogue, Madrid, Spain (2008), the Presidential Elections in Armenia (2008), Africa-Europe Youth Summit (2010), Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum (2011), the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe in 2009 and 20011 after journalistic competitions.

Orange Magazine has been created by the European Youth Press (EYP) to provide journalistic education and to support young journalists by giving them room to explore media and current affairs. Young European journalists are immersed in a subject through visiting different countries and producing content that is straight forward and cuts to the heart of the pressing issues of the day. The focus has changed from providing a learning environment to ensuring the highest quality possible while still allowing young journalists the space to practice and develop their professional skills within an enabling and inspiring environment.

Orange Magazine was founded in 2004 and has been available in print and online. In 2012 the website re-launched to include more articles, video, audio and images from past, present and future editions. Orange is aimed at an international audience of English readers to fill the void about young Europeans working together to produce information that can be shared with other young people. Today, during the economic woes affecting the continent, young European journalists can have a voice and share ideas with the rest of the world. We feel all of the contributors deserve your continued support.

The magazine introduces a wide range of topics from global media policy, immigration, conflicts, environmental issues and social justice. Orange is now published mainly online using various tools of multimedia journalism. Printed editions are still available upon request. Orange magazine aims to provide a creative space for collaboration between young journalists on the issues that matter today. We would encourage you to get to know the contributors by viewing the writer profiles and becoming an advocate for the unique insights published through the magazine.

European Youth Radio
Broadcasting from the II Youth Convention on Volunteering Powered by the European Youth Press and Radio Pave. A team of 6 young journalists from all corners of Europe was covering the II Youth Convention on Volunteering, taking place from the 8th to the 11th of September 2011 in Brussels, Belgium. The Convention, organised by the European Youth Forum in collaboration with the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Forum, was the biggest civil society event organised in the European Year of Volunteering.

European Youth Media Award
In 2011, Council of Europe and European Youth Press awarded young journalists under the age of 30 from 47 member states for the contributions to the theme of media freedom. The prizes in four main categories (press, audio, audio-visual, photography) were presented at Parliamentary Assembly session in Strasbourg by the Assembly's President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

Membership
There are currently 24 European Youth Press member organizations, including 22 national and 2 international media organizations. Out of them, 7 organizations have status of observing member.

The European Youth Press membership procedure outlines criteria that organizations should fulfill in accordance to EYP's statutes:
 * Being officially registered and working on a national level for at least one year at the time of application,
 * Being politically neutral,
 * Abiding by democratic and anti-racism and anti-discrimination principles,
 * Being youth-led (governing bodies under 35 years old),
 * Having a membership of which the majority is under 35 years of age,
 * Having media as main field of focus and interest.

Full members
🇷🇴 ASJC - Youthpress Romania

The Association of Students in Journalists and Communication (ASJC) – Youthpress Romania is a professional NGO that brings together a community of young journalists and communicators in this country. The organization started to function in 2005, but obtained its legal registration in 2008. ASJC is formed only by members under 30 years old. Main activities of ASJC are: the organization of media events, trainings, conferences and workshops, meant to include the young journalists into the European and national professional media landscape.

🇧🇾 CISPI "The Third Sector" Belarus

Centre for Informational Support of Public Initiatives (CISPI) "The Third Sector" is an non-governmental organization from Hrodna, Belarus, founded in 1997. On the basis of Belarusian national values CISPI "The Third Sector" develops social activeness among different citizens’ strata through informational and educational support for democratic public initiatives. The main courses of it's activities are: informational support of public initiatives, civic education in the field of journalism, stimulating of cooperation between different sectors of society in the sphere of local problems solving, development transboundary cooperation, dupport and development of female initiatives. One of the distinctive projects of it is an on-line newspaper and on-line radio "Tvoj Styl” (eng. "Your Style").

🇭🇺 DUE Media Network Hungary

DUE Media Network is one of the founding members of the European Youth Press, therefor a full member since 2004. DUE Media Network, formerly known as the Student and Youth Journalists National Association,is second largest organization of journalists in Hungary. Network gathers about 5.000 young journalists in the whole country organising educational seminars, camps and publishing their own nationwide school and youth magazines. Other projects include: support of school radios, organization of youth media camp on the Balaton lake, monthly exclusive press visits, conferences, training courses and excursions etc.

🇲🇰 Mladiinfo-FEJS Macedonia

🇳🇱 Indigo Magazine Netherlands

🇦🇲"Manana" YECC Armenia

The "Manana" Youth Educational Cultural Center is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1995. The "Manana" seeks to create the optimum environment for the overall spiritual, intellectual and physical development of children, building on their foundations for happy, healthy and safe lives. Center has programs for: journalism and photojournalism, film making and animations. Since 2002 "Manana" was continually awarded or nominated for awards within international film festivals, including Jury's special award at UN Human Rights Film Festival in Armenia in 2011.

🇵🇱 Polis YJA Poland

Young journalist's association "Polis" is one of the founding members of the European Youth Press, therefor a full member since 2004. "Polis" is non-governmental organization, founded in 1995 and it is based in Warsaw, Poland. The main aim of organization is to educate young people in an efficient and responsible use of the media, as well as encouraging them to engage in proactive public life. The Association accomplishes these tasks by conducting workshops for secondary school journalism, high school and university students, as well as cooperation with other non-governmental organizations. "Polis" is also one of the founders of "Mediattivo Europe" network for media education within youth work.

🇸🇪 Swedish Youth Press

The Swedish Youth Press "Ung Media Sverige" is one of the founding members of the European Youth Press, therefor a full member since 2004. The Swedish Youth Press is a politically and religiously independent, nonprofit national organization for media interested youth, founded in 1999 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The organizations central office is located in Stockholm, but over 8000 members are located in more than 70 non-profit organizations across the country. Activities of Swedish Youth Press are orientated towards: journalism, photography, film and the web. Organization is a member of Youthmedia.

🇲🇩 YJC Moldova

🇷🇺 YN Press Russia

🇨🇭 Young Media Switzerland

🇩🇪 Youth Press Germany

🇮🇹 Youth Press Italy

🇲🇹 Youth Press Malta

🇦🇹 Youth Press of Austria

🇪🇸 Youth Press of Spain

🇵🇹 Youth Press Portugal

🇫🇷 Journal Europa France

Journal EUROPA is a European magazine created in 2004 in Nantes, west of France.It is printed and distributed freely in 8.000 copies of 32 pages, every two months, in 6 cities on campus and cultural places. It has a network of more than 300 young journalists from all over Europe. Journal EUROPA is full member of EYP since 2012.

Observer members
🇲🇪Mladiinfo Montenegro

Mladiinfo Montenegro is a non governmental, voluntary, independent, non political and non profit organization, founded in 2011 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Association's main objective is improving the situation of young people, especially journalists, information, promoting their active participation in society, and raising awareness about issues and problems concerning youth. Mladiinfo Montenegro is observing member of EYP since 2011.

🇩🇪 Europe & Me Germany

Europe & Me (E&M) is an online lifestyle magazine, founded in 2007 in Berlin, Germany. New issue of E&M is published every three months and it has online community of more than 1500 participants. The concept of E&M relates to the human body as a symbol: Brain, Heart, Diaphragm, Baby, Legs and 6th Sense, according to magazines' motto - "make Europe personal". In 2010, the project was nominated for the Charlemagne Youth Prize and in 2011 E&M won first prize at the same contest, which was awarded by European Parliament President at the time - Jerzy Buzek. E&M is observing member of EYP since 2011.

🇱🇻 FEJS Latvia

Forum for European Journalism Students (FEJS) Latvia is a non-profit independent organization, founded in 2008 in Latvia. FEJS Latvia unites journalism students and graduates of the three largest Latvian universities (University of Latvia, Riga Stradins Karnataka University and the University of Applied Sciences) aged 19 to 25 years. It also aims at: increasing awareness about current issues and media development tendencies, making a contact with professional journalism enviroment and improve practical skills of journalism students in Latvia and providing European and international context for young journalists. FEJS Latvia is observing member of EYP since 2011.

🇷🇸 International youth web magazine WAVE Serbia

WAVE magazine is an international youth web magazine, a project run and led by the World Youth Wave association since 2004, based in Belgrade, Serbia. Organization operates on a voluntary basis with the main goal of overcoming prejudice by promoting intercultural dialog and tolerance through informal education. WAVE is a monthly magazine, publishing one issue every 10th in a month in English and Serbian language. The informal motto of WAVE magazine is – „Young people write for young readers“. It has wide network of contributors from all around the world. WAVE magazine is observing member of EYP since 2011.

ONAuBIH Bosnia and Herzegovina

Youth Press Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ONAuBIH) is a youth non-governmental organization, founded in 2007 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ONAuBIH is a multiethnic organization, which provides youth with opportunities of becoming familiar with media, learning about journalism and participating in creating their own media space. Magazine "Karike" is one of distinctive projects of ONAuBIH. Main donor of organization is German foundation - Schueler Helfen Leben. ONAuBIH is observing member of EYP since 2011.