GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly (GA) is the legislative body of the FEJS. It consists of representatives of the following FEJS Bodies: the FEJS Satellites, the Supervisory Board (EB) and the Secretariat (Sec), who assemble once a year.
The GA takes place in autumn and is organised and chaired by the Supervisory Board. It is the responsibility of the SB to find an Organising Committee for the GA, which will be in charge of the logistical realisation of the GA. The SB should find the OC at the latest one month after the AC.
If needed, an extraordinary GA can be called at any time by the SB directly or after a common request of a minimum of five countries represented in the previous GA.

SUPERVISORY BOARD/EXECUTIVE BOARD
The Supervisory Board (EB) is supervising the work of the FEJS, and are responsible for certain tasks within the organisation. It consists of five members who are not from the same school, university nor country, and they must have studied journalism, media or communication at some point or show an interest in the field. All members of the SB have a mandate of one year. They are elected during the General Assembly and start their mandate in January the following year. SB members are allowed to rerun for another mandate.

SECRETARIAT
The Secretariat is the executive body of the FEJS and works in cooperation with the SB/EB. It is elected by the General Assembly for an official term of two years, starting its mandate in January the following year. Therefore, each new Secretariat has an experience period from the GA until January, when the official term starts. During this period, the newly elected Secretariat will work together with the ruling Secretariat.

The members of the Secretariat are students of journalism, media or communication from the same school or university. A group of students from the same journalism teaching institution or country cannot run for the Secretariat for more than two consecutive terms.

The chairperson of the secretariat is also the Secretary General (SG) of the FEJS. The Secretary General chooses a substitute who is called the Vice-Secretary General (VSG). The VSG assists the SG and acts as a substitute in case the SG is temporarily unable to fulfil his/her duties.

The Secretariat can nominate working groups to delegate specific tasks and projects that are their direct responsibility.

SATELLITES
The FEJS Satellites are local FEJS structures that form the working basis of the FEJS at a local level. A Satellite is created and managed by journalism students. The aim of a Satellite is to organise events, improve networking between local Universities and promote the FEJS. The Satellites are very important when it comes to the arrangment of events. In case of dispute within a Satellite, the SB will make a binding decision to solve the dispute. The formation, structure and operation of the Satellites should be realised in the light of different local realities, and will reflect the spirit and aims of the FEJS and of these Rules & Regulations. Satellites have to be approved by the General Assembly to be able to use the logos and standards of the FEJS, and they must comply with the R&R and on a regular basis report to the Sec and the SB. They must also have a similar doument to the R&R, and preferreably they should register as NPO’s in their home country.

NATIONAL COORDINATORS
In any country, or part of a country, where there is no Satellite, the Secretariat can choose to nominate a National Coordinator who will represent the FEJS in that country.  When an Satellite is formed in this country, the position of National Coordinator will automatically disappear.

Both the National Coordinators and the Satellites are there for students interested in the FEJS, and should be contacted if you are interested in applying for an event! They will be able to provide you with information about the organisation and the events.

For further details on functioning of the FEJS and roles and duties of it’s bodies, see FEJS Rules and Regulations.