The European Network of Agricultural Journalists elected a new management committee during its annual meeting in Baschi, in the region of Umbria, Italy.
The new committee has eight members:
Melanie Epp (Belgium), Klaus Hartikainen (Finland), and Rachel Martin (Ireland) are the new representatives.
Lisa Bellocchi (Italy), Yanne Boloh (France), Adrian Krebs (Switzerland), Katharina Seuser (Germany) and Vedran Stapić (Croatia) were reelected.
Jef Verhaeren (Belgium), co-founder of ENAJ and its Honorary President, and Damien O’Reilly (Ireland), also a founding member, stepped back.
The new committee proposed to the assembly that Yanne Boloh be the new chairwoman. The delegates fully supported her election. She thanked the delegates: “I am extremely honoured to have the trust of ENAJ delegates with my colleagues on the Management Committee. We will be committed to following the path of the founders’ vision about EU and EFTA ag journalists, strengthening our network, the ENAJ, and proposing inspiring diverse events for our guild members.”
Yanne Boloh and Lisa Bellocchi
Lisa Bellocchi, chairwoman from 2018 to 2024, thanked all colleagues for their support and trustful work. “I have been very proud and happy to serve ag journalism as ENAJ’s chairwoman. I think that good human relationships are the cornerstone of quality journalism, which ENAJ confirms on a daily basis.”
About Yanne Boloh
Yanne Boloh is an agri-food engineer who has worked as a journalist since 1986, first as chief editor of a professional magazine. Then, she founded Philéas Info press agency based in the Sarthe region. Yanne Boloh has been a member of the French guild AFJA since 1996 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2017. She was elected a member of the ENAJ Management Committee in 2018 and has served as Secretary since then.
The new elected ENAJ management committee with ukrainian delegate Iurii Mykhaylov in Baschi,, Italy