EJTA Teachers' Training 2026
Programme
The venue is the Institute of Social Studies of the University of Tartu, located in the centre of town, at the address Lossi 36.
WEDNESDAY 20 May
12:00 REGISTRATION
PRE-MEETING 1
13:30 – 15:00 PRE-MEETING 1 FAST
- Room 205 Sports journalism
- Room 206 Research
13:30 – 15:30 PRE-MEETING 1 SLOW
- Room 207 Inclusive Journalism
15:00-15:45 COFFEE BREAK
PRE-MEETING 2
15:45 – 17:15 PRE-MEETING 2 FAST
- Room 205 AI, Data journalism & EU fact check
- Room 206 Climate Journalism
15:45 – 17:45 PRE-MEETING 2 SLOW
- Room 207 Media Literacy
18:00 – 19:30 RECEPTION (the White Hall, address: Lossi 25)
THURSDAY 21 May
9:00-9:45 REGISTRATION
9:45-10:00 WELCOME SPEECH, room 215
10:00-11:15 KEYNOTE SPEECH (room 215)
Marju Himma
Marju Himma is an Associate Professor of journalism studies at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Her research combines studies on news work, information disorders and media and information literacy of different generations. She has published articles on contextual factors that lead to publishing misinformation or disinformation in journalism. She studied the skills journalists use in debunking different forms of information disorders.
Anne Reino
In this joint presentation, Anne Reino and Marju Himma explore how changing expectations about work, leadership, and well-being are reshaping organizations and professional cultures.
Associate Professor of Management Anne Reino discusses current trends in leadership and management, the skills increasingly valued by employers, evolving employee profiles, and the expectations younger generations have toward employers, workplaces, and the meaning of work itself. She also reflects on what creates happiness at work and how professional well-being can be understood in contemporary organizations.
Associate Professor of Journalism Studies Marju Himma connects these broader management and organizational trends to the realities of newsrooms and practical journalism. Drawing on the perspective of media organizations and journalistic work, she examines how leadership challenges, workplace expectations, and questions of professional fulfillment are manifested in journalistic practice.
11:15-11:45 COFFEE BREAK
moderated by Anne Leppäjärvi
send presentations to eliise.tiisler@ut.ee
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Reporting Tragedy, Preserving Well Being: Mental Health Education for Journalists in Spain |
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The Journalist’s Agency as a Source of Motivation: Shaping Attitudes Through the Promotion of Good Practices
Agnieszka Całek, Agnieszka Szymańska |
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Stability and growing insecurity: Nordic journalism students’ views on journalism and journalism education
Jari Väliverronen, Asbjørn Slot Jørgensen, Jan Fredrik Hovden, Liv Iren Hognestad, Valgerður Anna Jóhannsdóttir, Kristina Riegert |
moderated by Cristina Nistor
send presentations to sandra.naks@ut.ee
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From the Classroom to the Coast: Cultivating Ocean Journalism
Stefaan Anrys |
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DMJX-laboratory: New skills – new identity for journalist-students. Experiences from producing journalism in collaboration with communities.
Annette Holm, Helge Kvam |
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Get close and personal with your audience: building journalistic engagement in students through anthropological methods and critical reflection
Linda Jense |
13:00-14:15 LUNCH (Gunpowder Cellar, 5 min walk from the venue)
moderated by Carien Touwen
send presentations to eliise.tiisler@ut.ee
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Aspiration equals reality?!: Comparing economic journalism skills taught in journalism education with the requirements of professional journalism practice in Germany – with a special focus on journalistic resilience and happiness
Richard Brandt |
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The End of Journalism and Digital Media Education: Integrating soft skills and design-thinking-oriented practicum
Radu Meza, Andreea Mogoș, George Prundaru |
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A job of life long learning, going places and satisfying curiosity: what’s not to like?
Soetkin Bulcke |
moderated by Will Cope
send presentations to sandra.naks@ut.ee
| Journalism training in the context of AI: uncertainty, adaptation and the knowledge gap in Portuguese newsrooms Miguel Crespo |
| Bridging the Classroom and the Newsroom: Professional and Real Spaces for Present and Future Journalists Arnau Segura Montagut |
| Data, war, AI, and new media: how we study journalism in Lviv University Yana Shekeriak-Kushka |
17.50 – 19:00 SOCIAL ACTIVITY (walking tours, finishing at the dinner venue Ülikooli Kohvik, address Ülikooli 20)
OPTION 1: “The University City of Tartu”; start in front of the main building of the University of Tartu, address Ülikooli 18, tour guide Miia Pent, ph: +372 53618283
OPTION 2: “Tartu Through the Eyes of Journalism and Communication”; start at the venue, address Lossi 36, tour guide: Reti Safin, PH: +372 56298123
19:00 – 23:00 EJTA DINNER (Ülikooli Kohvik, address: Ülikooli 20, 2nd floor)
The dinner participation fee is €30. We kindly ask participants who have chosen to attend the dinner to complete their payment by 12 May via the Fienta platform.
FRIDAY 22 May
moderated by Tiko Tsomaia
send presentations to eliise.tiisler@ut.ee
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Teaching Trauma-Aware Journalism
Marijke Kolk |
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Insights into Journalistic Resilience: A Study on Journalism Students’ Expectations and Solutions for Professional Challenges and Career Sustainability
Anne Leppäjärvi |
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Creating the course „Journalist and Resilience”
Karmen Laur |
moderated by Ragne Kõuts-Klemm
send presentations to sandra.naks@ut.ee
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TaKE, a new European news initiative
Wouter Frateur |
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Communities of Practice and Professional Identity Formation in Journalism Education: Learning through a Transnational World Cup Podcast Project
Ana Keshelashvili, Will Cope |
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Legal Literacy as a Foundation for Student Entrepreneurship in the AI Era
Sinziana-Maria Jurau |
11:15-11:45 COFFEE BREAK
moderated by Nadia Vissers
send presentations to eliise.tiisler@ut.ee
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Teaching sports journalism in Spain: insights and challenges
José Luis Rojas Torrijos |
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Zen and the art of embracing documentaries as resilience
Bram Crols |
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Innovative approaches to teaching journalism: storytelling, critical engagement, motivation
Marketa Mala |
moderated by Marju Himma
send presentations to sandra.naks@ut.ee
| Struggling with the Self and the Performative; Students Negotiating Detachment and Relationality Thijs van den Houdt |
| Metaphor as a Survival Strategy of Journalistic Language: Estonian Journalism 1924–2024 Vallo Nuust |
| Working as a Russian-speaking journalist in Estonia: reasons to struggle and reasons to be happy Ragne Kõuts-Klemm |
13:00-14:15 LUNCH (Ülikooli Kohvik, address: Ülikooli 20, 2nd floor, 10 min walk from the venue)
14:15-15:15 PANEL 1 workshop (room 205)
Building Belonging in Journalism Education: Exchanging Practices for First-Year Motivation and Engagement
Laurence de la Porte
14:15-15:15 PANEL 2 workshop (room 206)
How to build information resilience at the age of information disorders
Maria Murumaa-Mengel, Maia Klaassen
15:15-15:30 CLOSURE AND WRAP-UP (room 215)
