Catholic media association
The Catholic Media Association (KM. Catholic Media Association eV) is an association of Catholic German media companies based in Bonn .
history
The Catholic Media Association emerged in 2000 from the merger of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Katholische Presse (AKP), which was founded in 1949, and the Association of Catholic Publishers and Booksellers (VKB), whose predecessor organizations can be traced back to 1906. The offices of the two associations were already merged in 1998. The increased cooperation was perceived against the background that a quarter of the members organized in the booksellers association were also represented in the AKP. In addition, those responsible saw great similarities between the two associations in terms of their goals, tasks and structures. An annual contact meeting between the two managing directors should help to further intensify cooperation. In the year 200, the last step in this merger process was the merger of the two associations to form the Katholischer Medienverband e. V. (KM.) Based in Bonn.
Aims and tasks of the Catholic Media Association
The purpose of the association is to support its members in their work for the media, to represent their interests in church and society and to promote joint further education. This also includes campaigning for the dissemination of basic Christian values in the media. In particular, this happens through:
- promoting collaboration among members
- regular information
- Public relations for religious media
- Advice and support for members in the fields of publishing, editorial and bookselling work, information, sales, advertising and advertising as well as in all cases in which joint action makes sense
- promoting the professional, social and religious concerns of members
- the qualification of the next generation and the placement of suitable jobs
- the planning and implementation of specific advanced training events
- the protection of the interests of Catholic media companies, media associations and media professionals in public
- Occupation with fundamental questions of the media
- Publication of statements and opinions on media issues
- Cooperation with church institutions / institutions and associations as well as other institutions that deal with media issues
- Cooperation in ecumenism
- Cooperation with organizations abroad, with institutions in the field of reading promotion as well as with other associations and professional institutions and government agencies
- the settlement of disputes among the members through an arbitration board to be set up by the board
Structure and bodies
The highest decision-making body is the general assembly. She elects the chairman. The members are also organized in four conferences (booksellers conference, book publishers conference, magazine publishers conference, editors conference). Each conference sends a speaker and a deputy speaker to the board. Three permanent committees / working groups work on the board: AG Economy and Finance, AG Advanced Training and AG Marketing and Public Relations. In addition, temporary, topic-specific project groups can be set up. The seat of the office is in Munich . Further facilities of the KM. are industry-specific groups to share experiences. The KM. sends representatives to various church and media bodies:
- Working group of Catholic organizations in Germany
- Exchange Association of the German Book Trade
- Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists (Selection Committee for Volunteers)
- Supervisory Board of the Catholic News Agency (KNA)
- Jury of the Catholic Children's and Youth Book Prize
- Jury of the Catholic Media Prize
- Central Committee of German Catholics
Together with the Society of Catholic Publicists in Germany and the German Bishops' Conference , the Catholic Media Association awards the Catholic Media Prize every year.
Chairperson
- 2001–2007 Alfons Friedrich (managing director of Don Bosco Medien )
- 2007–2014 Rolf Pitsch (until mid-2012 director of the Borromäusverein , since then co-managing director of Bonifatius GmbH )
- since June 2014 Ulrich Peters (CEO of Schwabenverlag AG )
Members
Currently (as of 2012) are members of the Catholic Media Association:
- 51 bookstores
- 51 book publishers
- 65 magazine publishers
- 178 newspapers and magazines
- 88 editors-in-chief
- 26 personal members
- 2 honorary members
literature
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Katholische Presse e. V. (Ed.): AKP from A to Z: 40 Years of the Catholic Press Working Group, 1948-1988. Frankfurt am Main 1988.
- Wolfgang Erhardt Heinold: books and bookmakers. Frankfurt a. M. 2009, ISBN 978-3-934054-25-7 .
- Theo Hell: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Katholische Presse (AKP): More than a working group. In: Günther Mees, Ferdinand Oertel (Ed.): Germany's pious press. An interim balance sheet by Catholic journalists. Frankfurt am Main 1996, pp. 39-47.
- Ferdinand Oertel: Dialogue forum for the church press. Reorientation in church and community. Limburg 1972, ISBN 3-7840-0530-6 .
- Ferdinand Oertel: The church newspaper man. Memories from fifty years of journalism. Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-643-10413-7 .
- Secretariat of the three-country committee VKB (ed.): 40 years of three-country work by the Catholic book trade associations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Einsiedeln 1991.
- Wilhelm Spael: The history of the union of the catholic book trade. In: Association of the Catholic Book Trade (Ed.): The Catholic Book Trade of Germany. Its history up to 1967. Frankfurt am Main 1967, pp. 91–171.