Police working with the media and journalists

Police working with the media and journalists

Rome/Vienna [ENA] A meeting organized by Albania’s 2020 OSCE Chairmanship with the support of the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department, and in co-ordination with the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will take place on Monday, 28 September in Vienna’s Hofburg and online via Zoom. Recent developments, opportunities and challenges for the police in working with

the media and journalists is the focus of the 2020 Annual Police Experts Meeting (APEM). The event will be opened by Romina Kuko, Albania’s Deputy Minister of Interior on behalf of the OSCE Chairmanship, Ambassador Luca Fratini, Director of the Office of the OSCE Secretary General, and Jürgen Heissel, Director of the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. Following the opening remarks, the discussions will focus on: organizational changes and developments of skills and competencies within the police in public relations and media communications; police and the social media; police-media relations in crisis situations and during high-risk events, the freedom of the media and safety of journalists.

The one-day meeting will bring together law enforcement experts and other criminal justice practitioners; OSCE delegations, representatives of regional and international organizations; media workers and journalists; researchers, human rights experts, as well as civil society from the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation. The main objective of the 2020 OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting (APEM) is to present and discuss challenges and provide examples of co-operation in police-media relations. A special focus will be on lessons learned and good practices in police-public relations through both traditional and social media network platforms.

The meeting will focus on the following topics, which are essential for an ethical, fair, safe and professional relationship between the police and the media: 1. Organizational changes, and developments of skills and competencies of the police in public relations and media communications; 2. Police and social media; opportunities and challenges; 3. Police and the media during crisis situations and emergency incidents. Representatives of the media are invited to the entire meeting via Zoom. Registration should be completed through https://events.osce.org/2020-apem/registration, by 24 September 2020. The link and the password to access the meeting on Zoom will be provided to all registered media.