Let's talk European! - 11-05-2007
Beyond provincialism – Towards a European public sphere
Why does Europe exist as an idea and as an institution, but not as a public sphere? Debates about the Muhammad cartoons, climate change, European history, the "no" in France and the Netherlands – Europe's most pressing questions should be debated across the continent. But despite the high quality of Europe's newspapers, its public spheres tend to end abruptly at national borders.
Europe as a public sphere?
cross-border debates
The Internet offers new alternatives. The English-language cultural magazine signandsight.com, for example, reflects European discussion, launches debates of its own and probes deep into the European press landscape.
At the Amsterdam meeting, prominent journalists from the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany will discuss the European public sphere. How can cross-border debates be initiated? How do print and online media complement each other? What role does the English language play? How can international media networks be extended?
Participants:
- Arne Ruth (Stockholm), journalist, former chief editor of the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter
- Gerbert van Loenen (Amsterdam), deputy chief editor of the Dutch paper Trouw
- Arno Widmann (Frankfurt), head of the Feuilleton and Media section at the Frankfurter Rundschau
- Endre B. Bojtár, editor-in-chief of the Hungarian weekly newspaper Magyar Narancs
Moderator: Hans Maarten van den Brink, journalist (Amsterdam)
English is spoken at the debate. Here you can read more about the outcomes from the discussion. Sign and Sight
This debate organized in collaboration with signandsight.com, Goethe-Institut Amsterdam, Post Amsterdam and mediapartner Trouw.
