Laelaps Information

Description: Laelaps will be an internet platform answering questions of Europeans to which they don't find appropriate answers in other media. Laelaps will be academically informed but understandable. Laelaps will present different perspectives to the questions and answer them with different kinds of media. Mission: Answering questions asked by young-minded European citizens in a diversified way (different media, different journalistic styles) thereby providing a comprehensive portrayal of specific EU issues which are not properly dealt with in the existing media channels. Concept: Central to Laelaps are day-to-day questions related to EU affairs to which people will find answers from different perspectives. These perspectives are -Factual perspectives provided by academically-informed contributors, given in a non-specialised vocabulary; -Pro & Contra discussions between two contributors, engaging visitors of the website in a debate; -Interviews with stake-holders, politicians; -Media convergence elements: videos, pictures, street art; Opinions The diversity of different responses to pragmatic questions provides our readers the possibility to pick and choose according to their previous knowledge and their interests. It depicts a fresh approach to the existing coverage of EU affairs.