Easy-to-understand News for Collaborative Transformation

The ENACT (Easy-to-understand News for Collaborative Transformation) project is a collaborative initiative aimed at fostering transformative changes across the European Union by developing easy-to-understand audiovisual news in web, radio and television settings. The project involves a diverse consortium of partners from Slovenia (RTV Slovenija), Spain (TV3, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Italy (Uniamoci APS), Austria (ORF) and Latvia (Latvijas Radio), including journalists, media professionals, linguists, technology experts and end-users.
The ENACT project firstly focuses on upskilling media professionals by providing tailored training and exchange programmes, and creating a cross-border hub for sharing best practices, fostering collaboration, and enhancing competencies across diverse working environments. Secondly, the ENACT project involves systematically comparing and testing diverse production methods to identify the most effective strategies for simplifying complex news topics. The third objective seeks to establish cross-border guidelines for integrating easy-to-understand language in audiovisual media and creating an online hub of best practices, ensuring high-quality standards in news production. The priority of the project is also the inclusion of user perspectives, encouraging participation from diverse groups and promoting media literacy to bridge societal gaps. Lastly, the project aims to promote and disseminate easy-tounderstand journalism across Europe, employing comprehensive promotion strategies, multilingual approaches and rigorous measurement tools and an evaluation of outreach efforts to enhance inclusivity and engagement in the media landscape. The ENACT project therefore emerges as a comprehensive and innovative initiative to address easy-to-understand language news in a collaborative and user-centric manner, with the potential to significantly impact the European media landscape.