Repeating a success story
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The Academy is a follow-up project of Euro-Mediterranean Youth Parliament 2007, which brought together 100 young people from 38 countries to discuss their visions for a Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.
In May of 2008, 9 young journalists from the Mediterranean region and 9 young journalists from the EU came together for the first iteration of the EMAJ, organized with the support of the Goethe-Institut Amman, Jordan. After sharing rooms and meals, discussing objectivity and freedom of press, climbing hundreds of steps of the ancient city of Petra and creating journalistic pieces together, the participants formed personal and professional bonds. One of them described it as seeing “the human face of the other side of the story”.
Today, they continue to build bridges through cooperation, providing each other with contacts and input, resulting in more nuanced and responsible journalism with regard to the two regions.
