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e-Media Toolkit on Migration: Trainer's Manual

FRA – European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2019), 68 pp.

Contains illustrations, bibliogr. p. 68

ISBN 978-92-9474-760-0 (print); 978-92-9474-759-4 (pdf)

"This pilot toolkit has been devised by journalists and media trainers to help reporters and editors working on international migration. It will be the starting point of a broader project on how to cover news while maintaining respect for diversity and human rights. Its premise is that diversity and human rights are best covered through responsible, ethical journalism that acknowledges the diversity of minorities and respects migrants as human beings rather than treating them as a political, social and economic problem. The pilot toolkit includes examples of how the media in France and the United Kingdom reported on the large numbers of migrants’ arrivals that began in 2015, from different angles, and analyses the media coverage to illustrate good practice. The toolkit also contains training exercises that can be done individually or in groups to improve participants’ skills and knowledge, as well as tips for reporters and editors that will serve as useful reminders, a glossary of legal terms and links to organisations that can provide useful data and further information. The essence of responsible, ethical journalism is treating people fairly. This means practising professional journalistic diligence – checking the accuracy of information and correcting mistakes quickly and transparently; it means giving as much background information as necessary for readers and listeners to fully understand the story; it means letting people tell their own stories, in their own words, whenever possible; and it means avoiding inflammatory or extremist language." (Page 3)
Introduction, 3
1 Introduction to the workshop, 7
2 Introduction to the template to analyse media coverage, 8
3 Mixed movements of people, 18
4 Fundamental rights, 29
5 Perils at sea, 33
6 Search and rescue, 37
7 The asylum process, 43
8 An asylum seeker's story, 52
9 Unaccompanied and separated children, 58
10 Closure of workshop, 66