Press Release: Young Reporters Against Poverty – the European Commission calls on young journalists to engage in development issues

On 20 September 2010 the European Commission launched the Young Reporters Against Poverty contest – an invitation to all journalism students in the EU Member States to send in a report on development issues to be selected to cover the European Development Days in Brussels in December.

The final winners will be invited to a field trip to one of the Commission's partner countries in Africa. The contest is being kicked off at a key date for development cooperation - with only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the world will have its eyes on the United Nations summit in New York on 20-22 September to accelerate progress towards the MDGs.