KEY BRUSSELS MEDIA CONTACTS

Edward Lucas, Energy Editor, The Economist: Edward Lucas is an expert on energy security and on Russian foreign and security policy. He is the Central and Eastern European corre- spondent for The Economist and is deputy editor of the International section.

Lisbeth Kirk, Founder and Editor-in-chief EU Observer: A Danish journalist by education, Lisbeth also established the EUbookshop.com, EUobserver TV, EUobserver Events and other side activities to fund the EUobserver news service. She has reported on the European Union for many years and her primary aim is to continue to offer a widely-read and trusted platform for news and mature debate on EU affairs

Frédéric Simon, Editor and Publisher Euractiv.com: Frédéric joined EurActiv in 2004 as a reporter to cover some of the EU’s most heated policy debates such as the REACH regulation on chemicals, energy liberalisation, and the emissions trading scheme. In his current position, he oversees the editorial and technical development of EurActiv while continuing to write about EU affairs with a particular focus on economic and environmental issues. He is also Brussels correspondent for France 24, the 24/7 international TV channel.

Daniela Vincenti, Editor-in-Chief Euractiv.com: Daniela joined EurActiv in 2008 as parliamentary editor, leading the coverage of the European elections and managing 33 professionals across Europe. She worked as a journalist for more than 20 years in Italy, the United States and Germany, where she was the financial correspondent for Italian daily Il Messaggero.

Peter O’Donnell, Associate Director,  Journalist European Voice. Peter has been covering European and international affairs as a freelance journalist for more than twenty-five years. In Brussels he has written for The Financial Times, The Sunday Times, Reuters, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and UPI, among other media outlets in Europe and beyond, as well as doing tv and radio work. He was editor-in-chief of Europe Information Service, and is currently associate editor of European Voice. In addition to his work as a journalist, he has acted as editor, editorial adviser and speechwriter for the corporate, political and academic world. He frequently chairs EU-level policy debates across Europe, and lectures on EU affairs and journalism.

Dave Keating, Editor Europeanvoice.com, Reporter European Voice: Dave specailises in covering European Union energy and environment policy, and has covered EU politics for five years. Previously, Dave covered finance in London, legal affairs in Chicago and US politics in Washington, DC.

Andrew Jack, Journalist, Financial Times: Andrew has worked as a journalist for the Financial Times since 1990. He is currently deputy editor of its Analysis section. He was previously pharmaceuticals correspondent, Moscow bureau chief, Paris correspondent, financial correspondent, general reporter and corporate reporter.

James Kanter, Journalist EU Correspondent International New York Times: James has been with the company since 2005. His previous experience includes four years in Southeast Asia where he was editor-in-chief of The Cambodia Daily. He later studied law and regulation as a Knight Fellow at Yale Law School, earning a masters degree. James has won awards for his reporting on markets and antitrust and he has contributed to prizewinning coverage of banking scandals and the euro crisis. He received the 2009 Reporting Europe prize for an investigation of the European Emissions Trading System.

Robin Emmott, Senior Journalist Reuters: Based in Brussels, Robin covers EU trade policy and economics since 2011. He has reported from more than a dozen countries for Reuters in Europe and Latin America and was nominated for an Overseas Press Club award in the United States for his work in Mexico. He joined Reuters from the Financial Times in 2002 and also worked for the English-language sector of Amsterdam’s Het Financieele Dagblad.

Sein Klein, Journalist and Former Brussels Bureau Chief BBC, now Seanklein Media Ltd.: Sein joined the BBC as a reporter, moving into foreign news in 2000. He worked for the BBC in the USA, Africa, Asia and Russia. He also spent 10 years in Brussels, working in the BBC's Brussels Bureau - its European news hub. In 2013 Sean launched the media consultancy, SeanKlein Media. The company - based in London and Brussels - advises and trains government and EU officials, European lobby groups, industry and NGOs on all aspects of broadcast media. Sean also moderates conferences on EU-related topics throughout Europe.

Stephen Fidler, Bussels Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal: Stephen Fidler has been Brussels Editor of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires since October 2009, helping to lead the newspaper’s coverage of the European Union and the euro-zone debt crisis, as well as writing a weekly column and other articles. Before joining the Journal, he spent more than 20 years with the Financial Times in a variety of senior roles, including capital markets editor, Latin America Editor, and U.S. diplomatic editor, based in Washington DC. He spent almost a decade as a correspondent for Reuters in London, New York and the Middle East.

Matthew Dalton, EU Correspondent Wall Street Journal: Matthew focuses on euro-zone economic policy and trade. He previously covered energy and environmental policy for Dow Jones in New York City.