"By documenting ideas, methods and approaches for media trainers, we can start a debate about how we make sure that we make better use of the training opportunities available. The authors draw on their own extensive experience and, at the very least, provide a wealth of ideas for trainers to bring l
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ife, energy and greater effectiveness to their work in the classroom. Journalism training requires a precarious balance between the practical and the thoughtful. We need people to write clearly and simply, and we need them to know how to conduct interviews, or lay out pages, or research material. These skills are in short supply. But all of that will remain only unused capacity unless it is driven by critical, independent thinking. Therefore, an important aspect of journalism training is about inculcating what I would call journalistic values. We will get journalism training right when we can impart both the skills of the profession and the critical, independent thinking that lies at the core of good and valuable journalism. Without the latter, we are just stenographers. To be journalists, we need to also know how - with balance and fairness - to apply critical judgement to our choice of story, information, source and presentation. I can’t pretend that it is easy. As educators, we grapple all the time with the difficult task of achieving this. I expect this book will contribute to the debate and discussion around these issues - and provide a useful basic tool for those concerned about journalism training but dissatisfied with the inconsistency with which it is offered. If the book does that, it will make an important contribution." (Preface)
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"Ausgehend von den wichtigsten dramaturgischen Prinzipien bei der Entwicklung einer Filmidee bis hin zu technischen Fragen bei Schnitt und Vertonung werden in diesem Handbuch für die Jugendfilmarbeit die Grundlagen der Arbeit mit Video dargestellt und wichtige Fragen zur Filmpraxis erläutert. Ziel
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setzung des Buches ist es, in einfacher und verständlicher Sprache alles Wissenswerte über die Vorbereitung und Durchführung eines Filmprojekts mit Jugendgruppen zu vermitteln. Es richtet sich an den interessierten Laien, der grundlegende Informationen zur Arbeit mit Video sucht. Wie bereits in der ersten Auflage gliedert sich das Buch in drei Teile, die jedoch vollständig überarbeitet und aktualisiert wurden. Der erste Teil befasst sich mit der Herstellung eines Spielfilms. Hier werden die wichtigsten Prinzipien der Spielfilmproduktion mit Jugendgruppen beschrieben, angefangen von der Entwicklung eines Drehbuchs über Kameraführung bis hin zur Montage und Nachvertonung des Films. Im zweiten Teil werden die Grundlagen des dokumentarischen Arbeitens mit Video erläutert. Der letzte Teil des Buches befasst sich mit der Videotechnik. Hier wird alles Wissenswerte über Camcorder, digitale Aufzeichnung und Bearbeitung sowie über die Postproduction erläutert." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This toolkit and associated material, including the CD-ROM provided, introduce you to Forum Theatre as a tool for HIV and AIDS education. The toolkit has been written with special consideration for youth groups and amateur theatre groups in English-speaking Africa who wish to address HIV- and AIDS-
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related issues in ways that are creative and engaging." (Page 2)
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"This useful guide is targeted primarily at libraries that need to support communities by selecting appropriate materials, and adult literacy facilitators and community workers who are seeking suitable reading materials to maintain learners’ interest in keeping up their reading habits. The guide i
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s based on the experiences of a civil society organization, the Easy Reading for Adults (ERA) initiative, which was active in South Africa during the 1990’s, but also draws on experience elsewhere in Africa, as well as in Asia and Canada. ‘Easy reading’ is interpreted to mean “any reading matter in any language that makes concessions to a lack of reading skills or to difficulties with mastering the language of the text.” The author sets out the key processes and approaches involved in successfully selecting, developing and disseminating easy reading material for adults, and raises a number of pertinent questions on issues that need to be considered, to ensure that materials required for adults wanting to improve their reading skills are relevant to their needs. The book also contains sections on the production process, dissemination and distribution aspects, monitoring and evaluation of projects, and there is a select bibliography." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2227)
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"Programme Making for Radio offers trainee radio broadcasters and their instructors focused practical guidelines to the professional techniques applied to the making of radio shows, explaining how specific radio programmes are made and the conventions and techniques required to produce them. This bo
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ok describes how and why these methods are applied through the use of a behind-the-scenes glimpse at working practices and procedures used in the industry. It considers the constraints and incentives that limit or stimulate creativity and innovation within programme production. Programme Making for Radio examines the individual roles and responsibilities of the whole production team and the importance of team-working skills. Chapters focus on the specific requirements of specialist programmes and offer advice from a range of programme makers working in local and national broadcasting. There is a case study example that follows the progress of a feature programme from pitching the original idea, through assembling material to final transmission." (Publisher description)
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"The idea of capturing, storing and sharing knowledge so as to learn lessons from the past and from elsewhere – overcoming the boundaries posed by time and space – is far from being a new one. In recent years, a growing movement has emphasised the improved application of knowledge and learning a
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s a means to improve development and humanitarian work. The movement has led to the widespread adoption of learning and knowledge-based strategies among the range of agencies involved in such work, including donor agencies, multilaterals, NGOs, research institutes, and the plethora of institutions based in the South, including national governments, regional organisations, and indigenous NGOs. This guide is aimed at staff working in all such organisations. There are 30 tools and techniques contained here, divided into five categories: i) Strategy Development; ii) Management Techniques; iii) Collaboration Mechanisms; iv) Knowledge Sharing and Learning Processes; and v) Knowledge Capture and Storage. Many of these tools are simple and trying them out requires nothing more than the desire to try something new, and the drive to ‘get on and do it’. Undertaking them effectively requires effective – sometimes advanced – facilitation and communication skills. Here, we have aimed to provide comprehensive accounts of how to apply such techniques, with a focus on the requirements of potential facilitators." (Introduction, page 2)
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"Using detailed checklists, the authors explain the stages of a typical consultancy, paying close attention to the practical, ethical, financial, and legal aspects of the process. Drawing on their own extensive experience and a wide-ranging survey of international NGOs and freelance consultants, the
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y discuss how to develop more effective working relationships with all the relevant stakeholders, including donors, partners, programme managers, local staff, and local communities. They also show how development agencies can manage particular consultancies in order to promote long-term learning and thus improve the general quality of their programmes." (Oxfam website)
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"Recognising that PV projects have their pitfalls, the authors call on facilitators of PV to require knowledge and experience of personal and group development processes and to be sensible to the challenges and issues facing vulnerable and marginalized people. Lack of transparency and follow-up, and
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broken or unreasonable promises will foster disillusionment. The authors argue that PV is a powerful means of documenting local people's experiences, needs and hopes from their own perspective. It initiates a process of analysis and change that celebrates local knowledge and practice, while also stimulating local and regional creativity. The authors emphasise the importance of granting all community members equal access to the process, so that all voices are expressed and heard. An outline of the PV process offered by the authors includes: participants are taught how to use the video equipment through games and exercises; using PRA tools and PV techniques, facilitators help the group to identify and analyse important community issues; short video messages are directed and filmed by the participants; footage is shown to the wider community at daily screenings; a dynamic process of community-led learning, sharing and exchange is set in motion; complete films can be used to promote awareness of the various groups; this process helps strengthen both horizontal and vertical communication. The authors recognise that possible bottlenecks include: limited recognition of the value of PV by home organisation, staff, and funders; empowerment and participation of target group may not be the aim of the organisation and/or funder; the organisation may be unaware of the importance of participatory forms of communication; lack of equipment or technical problems; lack of time and skill to edit footage and implement the pilot project; lack of (facilitation) skills to implement the PV pilot project; being lost when training is over or the handbook does not offer adequate guidance; limited budget for equipment or for spending necessary time on PV." (ELDIS)
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"Nicht nur große Unternehmen gelangen heute in die Medien, sondern Lokalpresse und regionale Sender bieten breite Auftrittschancen. Mit souverän geführten Interviews lassen sich der Bekanntheitsgrad eines Unternehmens oder einer Organisation erhöhen und das Image verbessern. Dieses Buch zeigt, w
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ie man mit Medien ins Gespräch kommt und mit der notwendigen Professionalität auftritt. Es verhilft zu einem sicheren Umgang mit Journalisten und vermittelt Know-how, um Zeitungs-, Hörfunk- und Fernsehinterviews gezielt auf den Punkt zu bringen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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