"The literature emphasizes the importance of accounting for specific needs when it comes to media assistance in conflict-ridden contexts. The reviewed recommendations boil down to establishing communication between different actors (such as oppositional players or media and public professionals) and
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to institutionalising this communication in the form of round-tables, press conferences, or other modi vivendi of dealing with one another in a democratic way. Two aspects are salient throughout the reviewed areas “journalism training”, “capacity building for civil society actors”, and “capacity building for political leaders”: The need for multi-stakeholder dialogue and an emphasis on creating awareness of the general value of communication. Differences across the reviewed areas seem rooted in the amount of practical experience gained so far with the respective group of beneficiaries. Future research is well-advised to adapt its focus accordingly. Examining “best practices” is especially relevant when it comes to journalism training. An understanding of support offered to activists can be gained by identifying specific challenges to civil society organisations." (Executive summary)
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"The recent growth of journalism education around the globe offers new ways for media development organizations to work with budding journalists in places where the media sector is struggling. Improved communications technology and emerging international standards for quality journalism mean top uni
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versities outside the United States can be partners in training younger journalists before they enter the work force." (Page 1)
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"Using Bourdieu’s field theory, this thesis describes journalism education from the perspective of Australians who specialise in teaching outside Australia. It uses three data sources: a content analysis of media in Solomon Islands; a survey and in-depth interviews with Australian journalism educa
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tors; and a case study of Solomon Islands. It is significant in that for the first time this thesis describes a group of Australian journalism educators (as opposed to journalists) in depth. In the case study, the thesis describes the work done in rebuilding the media in a post-Conflict situation (Solomon Islands), paying attention to the characteristics and influences of Australian educators and contrasting the educators’ views with those of Solomon Island journalists and civil society leaders. This thesis features in-depth interviews and surveys of 44 Australian educators as well as 25 people connected to the media in Solomon Islands." (Abstract)
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"This baseline study has been conducted within the inception phase of the project Capacity Building of the School of Journalism and Communication, to support the School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) under the University of Rwanda. The findings rest mainly on eight brief background papers ana
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lysing the media context and the environment in which SJC operates. The key outputs consist of proposed logical framework for the programme including indicators and baseline values under each of the four outcomes. The system for measuring and evaluating of the progress under the indicators throughout the four-year programme is a second important output of this study." (Executive summary)
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"Through its strategic approach of producing better-trained journalists, the project is contributing to a positive long-term impact on the quality of media reporting in Bolivia and the level of information of its citizens. However, since no training cycle had been completed at the time of the evalua
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tion, there is as yet no answer to the question of continuation. The importance of media development cooperation and capacity development of journalists for democratic and sustainable development has been confirmed in recent years by various international actors (UNESCO, BBC et al.). It can therefore be assumed that ProPeriodismo will contribute to a general improvement in reporting standards if sustainability is ensured. However, it is a long process that depends not only on journalistic training, but also on other factors such as media policy developments in the country and region. The evaluation reveals two problem areas that detract from the intended impact: 1. So far, only a comparatively small number of journalists and lecturers have benefitted from the support. Furthermore, neither trainees nor university lecturers have the opportunity to systematically pass on their knowledge to colleagues in editorial offices or teaching institutions. 2. Changing media reporting for the better requires not only good journalistic training, but also an appropriate political and structural framework." (Page 5)
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"En las últimas décadas, las organizaciones del periodismo boliviano, círculos políticos y la sociedad en su conjunto, han advertido profundas deficiencias en la práctica del periodismo. Uno de los problemas identificados es la escasez de periodistas calificados. Según estudios realizados por
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organizaciones académicas, una de las causas que origina la baja calidad profesional es que la mayoría de las universidades enfocan sus planes de estudios hacia la comunicación corporativa, las relaciones públicas y el desarrollo, entre otras áreas de la comunicación, dejando de lado al periodismo. La otra, el poco interés de los estudiantes por dedicarse a este oficio. Esto ha originado que el mercado laboral del periodismo adquiera una configuración especial: existen pocos periodistas profesionales y, de ellos, sólo algunos tienen las capacidades que requiere esta profesión. Por ello, varios medios forman periodistas en la práctica, lo que ha originado una distorsión, no sólo en la calidad de los productos periodísticos, sino también en el nivel salarial. Bajo esa perspectiva, con el apoyo de la Deutsche Welle Akademie (DW) y la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) y bajo el liderazgo del Ministerio de Comunicación del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, la Fundación para el Periodismo (FPP) impulsa un proyecto sostenible de formación y capacitación de periodistas en el que se integran medios y profesionales." (Antecedentes)
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"Training and educating of journalists around the world with the aim of enhancing free and independent media has been a major field of media development cooperation for decades. Nevertheless, the state of scientific research in this area remains limited, specifically with regard to the status quo of
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journalism education in developing countries. The academic research project on International Journalism Education Standards (IJES) was initiated by Deutsche Welle Akademie’s International Media Studies program with the goal to help close this gap. This publication contains the research results of the IJES research poject´s comparative study about the standards of journalism education in four developing countries: Colombia, Kenya, Myanmar and Egypt." (Publisher description)
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"In this paper we describe how quality in reporting could be measured through content analysis. We show that this approach, although somewhat technical, is feasible. It can help projects to become better and more successful. As a suggestion for practitioners in media development we present three opt
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ions for measuring quality of reporting for monitoring and evaluation purposes." (Abstract)
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"Zu Recht stellt sich die mit viel Glamour gestartete Journalistenakademie Intajour als Erfolg dar. Aber warum wickelt Bertelsmann sie jetzt ab? Und warum verhindert das Medienunternehmen den Fortbestand als unabhängige Akademie?" (Seite 30)
"This paper compares and contrasts four centers: The Center for Investigative Reporting in Bosnia-Herzegovina (CIN), The Journalism Training and Research Initiative in Bangladesh (JATRI), the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism in Jordan (ARIJ), and The Caucasus Media Investigations Center (
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CMIC) in Azerbaijan. No officials or funders ever announce failures or label projects like these failures. But this paper posits that those centers designed and run by journalists to actively report are more effective in fulfilling their role as watch-dogs, as well as more sustainable. They perform better at developing future practitioners and instilling an investigative reporting tradition in new places. This examination suggests that donors hoping to implant successful centers increase their chances when they match ambitions to the political and legal climate of host countries, commit to multi-year involvement, and select passionate leaders with clout in the eyes of other journalists in their host regions. This study suggest that centers designed by outsiders and run by non-journalists tend to evolve into generalized research, resource and training centers." (Introduction)
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"This handbook is written specially for journalists. The examples come from newsrooms, because that is what I know best. But reading it, you will realise that the situations and examples can be ”translated” to your private life and adapted to all kinds of professional situations." (Pages 3-4)
"The Cambodian Communications Assistance Project (CCAP) is a sub-national governance project, working with four provincial departments of information (PDI) – Battambang, Kampong Cham, Kampot and Siem Reap. It started in May 2012 and is due to be completed in December 2014. The project, with a budg
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et of $3,554,662 is funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and is implemented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s International Development department (ABC ID) in partnership with the Cambodian Ministry of Information as well as the four provincial departments. The Department of Media and Communications (DMC) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh has also been a partner in the project [...] Overall, CCAP has been very successful in meeting the three objectives and outcomes set for the project and contributing to Australian Aid’s overall objectives. There have been a number of challenges it has had to overcome including the coinciding of the project with a turbulent time in Cambodia’s political environment as well as capacity limitations of counterparts and varying degrees of hesitancy and suspicion on the part of some senior provincial officials." (Executive summary, page 3-5)
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"A disadvantage that is present in all countries is the insufficient cooperation between the universities and media outlets. There are not enough internships available. Besides that, it should be mentioned that many students continue to work at a media outlet where they did their internship and ther
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efore risk to not graduate college. In the current educational system and curricula, there is a lack of practical work, in comparison to theoretical elements. The main cause for this situation is that the faculties cannot provide sufficient technical equipment and specialised teaching staff. Greater emphasis should be put in the future on the subjects of ethics, languages, law, investigative journalism etc. Digital media should also play a bigger role in journalistic education. The authors believe that it is important to work on the monitoring of career paths of journalists and on the systematic analysis of the labour market. Media companies should provide a greater number of additional workshops for their employees who are willing to upgrade their knowledge, skills and competences." (Summary)
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"Medienförderung für Osteuropa spielt in Deutschland seit dem Beginn der 1990er Jahre eine wichtige Rolle. Eine Vielzahl an Akteuren ist im Bereich der Aus- und Weiterbildung für osteuropäische Journalistinnen und Journalisten aktiv [...] Der Schwerpunkt der Programmbeteiligung liegt bei jungen
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Journalistinnen und Journalisten, die aus Belarus, Russland und der Ukraine kommen. Mehrheitlich finden die Veranstaltungen in Deutschland statt und werden überwiegend in deutscher Sprache durchgeführt. Die große Mehrheit der Befragten führt Evaluationen durch und bedient sich hauptsächlich der Teilnehmerbefragung im Verlauf bzw. direkt nach Beendigung der Förderprogramme. Valide Aussagen zur Medienförderung sind auf diese Weise allerdings nicht möglich. In bisherigen Untersuchungen zur Medienförderung kommen Akteure, die sich in den beschriebenen Ländern Osteuropas engagieren, nur marginal vor. Dabei gibt es eine Reihe von Fragen hinsichtlich der künftigen Konzepte von Medienförderung, die alle in der Medienförderung tätigen Akteure betreffen, unabhängig davon, ob sie sich auf ein Transformations- oder ein Entwicklungsland beziehen." (Fazit und Empfehlungen, Seite 22)
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"The results of this content analysis comparing TMF grantees with non-TMF control group show a remarkable performance of TMF. In many areas the TMF group performs significantly better than the control group which can be attributed to TMF's work. Significant good performance of TMF was found in the f
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ollowing categories: Diversity of sources; Diversity of perspectives; Background reporting (root causes); Focus on rural areas; Number of viewpoints. However, in some categories the performance was not too much different from the control group or even less good. This was found in the following categories: Transparency of sources; Putting figures and numbers into context; Coherence; Investigative elements; Balance in viewpoints." (Conclusions, page 23)
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