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Renate Schroeder

Renate Schroeder is director of the European Federation of Journalists, representing around 300,000 journalists in 73 organisations across 45 countries. She has worked for 30 years for the International Federation of Journalists and (since 2003 exclusively) for the EFJ.

Standing up for journalism as a public good

Renate Schroeder

it is a truism to say democracy relies on a free press. But in a sea of misinformation that is because it’s a fact.

Media freedom: Europe’s media cannot be half-free

Oliver Money-Kyrle and Renate Schroeder

EU member states must not water down critical legislation protecting media independence and pluralism.

A European Media Freedom Act worthy of its name?

Renate Schroeder

Amid a sea of online misinformation, in a ‘polycrisis’ world reliable public-interest journalism has never been more essential.