Chairman

Michael ”Micke” Godtfredsen

michael.godtfredsen@sulo.fi

• We, Maataloustoimittajat (MATO as a friendly abbreviation, which means earth worm in Finnish), are an association of journalists and communicators, who work in media, related to natural resources; agriculture, horticulture, forestry, related industry and services, all the way to consumers. Our goal is to share important information and human-interest topics through a variety of media.
• We provide a network for members to learn and interact with other media professionals nationally and internationally. Our members participate in both ENAJ and IFAJ activities on a regular basis, and reciprocally, we like to share our specialties with our international colleagues through organized tours and press events in Finland.
• We provide media related professional training to our members and organize tours and visits to farms, research centers and businesses related to our sector
• We, promote good journalistic ethics and freedom of the press through participating in related discussions and seminars.
• We provide an annual award for the best article published by its member journalist. Also, an annual Tiedonjyvä (seed of information) award is granted for an outstanding individual (a non-member) who has promoted new, interesting and valuable information.
• We support young journalist training through IFAJ Master Class program and other IFAJ training programs as well as domestic training programs.