Source: ComRes/Burson-Marsteller 2016- EUMedia Poll

Weekly or more frequent readers of newspapers & online news sites

1. Politico: 52%
2. BBC: 51%
3. Euractiv: 42%
4. FT: 39%
5. The Economist: 30%
6. EU Observer: 22%
7. NY Times: 17%
8. The Parliament: 15%
9. WSJ: 14%
10. New Europe: 10%
11. Agence Europe: 10%
12. euReporter: 8%
13. Google: 5%

For MEPs

Author: Sandra Kröger, lecturer at the politics department of the University of Exeter.

By the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and sections 3301 and 7301 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1.  Ethics Pledge.  Every appointee in every executive agency appointed on or after January 20, 2017, shall sign, and upon signing shall be contractually committed to, the following pledge upon becoming an appointee:

1. FCs are responsible for proposing their subject. Most of the stories cover economics, financial and monetary issues
2. How FCs report EU news is largely dependent on public opinion in the countries where the media outlets are based.
3. The problem facing FCs is that more and more they’re reproducing the EU’s own communication. There is too much factual reporting and not enough analysis, commentary and investigation.
4. There is an overdose of information from the EU institutions which drowns journalists.

The EC Spokesperson's Service (SPP) operates under the political authority of the President of the Commission and in cooperation with national representations of the European Commission.

Spokespersons (19)

Press and Public Diplomacy has the crucial task of enhancing awareness of the EU in the US. It produces and distributes information materials, maintains the Delegation’s website, organizes speaking tours and deals with public inquiries. The section also maintains close contact with all US media;  produces EU Press Releases; provides the media with information and analyses of EU developments, positions and statistics.

1.Spokesperson and Head of Press and Public Diplomacy Section: James Barbour

European Commission

The EC has created an on-line ‘Directory of Journalists accredited to the European Institutions in order to facilitate contacts with journalists.

However, access is restricted and is only available to

Source:  Reporting the EU News, Media and the European Institutions by John Lloyd and Cristina Marconi

1. API/IPA (Association de la Presse Internationale/International Press Association: Representing international journalists in Brussels, API/IPA is an independent association of journalists run by journalists. It is not financed by any EU institution. The association's main aim is to represent journalists in their professional ealings with the EU institutions and help resolve any problems that may arise between them. www.api-ipa.eu

Austria: Press Club Concordia, www.concordia.at

Belgium

1. Brussels Press Club Europe, www.pressclub.be
2. Maison de la Presse de Liège et du Luxembourg, www.maisondelapresse.be

Czech Republic: International Press Club of Prague, www.ipcprague.org

Denmark