Renate Schroeder is the Director of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), in 1993 she joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and since 2003 she has worked for the EFJ.

Her responsibilities include advocacy at the EU and Council of Europe levels, representing the EFJ at international meetings, delivering lectures, participating in fact-finding missions on media freedom, and serving on juries for journalistic prizes. She also oversees project work and provides guidance to several EFJ expert groups, including those focused on freelancers, media literacy, and AI. Additionally, she has been leading the Federation’s debate on the European Media Freedom Act.

Renate studied International Relations and Political Science at Boston University (Bachelor’s Degree in 1988) and in Berlin at the Free University (Master in 1992). She worked at the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation in Brussels before she joined the EFJ.  She is of German nationality and speaks English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.