Supporting development of media curricula in Belarus
23-12-2009 (Moscow)
Cover of the handbook
The UNESCO Office in Moscow supported a series of curricula development activities in Belarus with the aim to provide academic community with knowledge and materials on media self-regulation and the rule of law. A summer school and two books published in the end of 2009 provide the Journalism Department of the Belarusian State University with a solid theoretical knowledge and practical skills to introduce future journalists and mid-career professionals to the notion of media regulation and self-regulation.
The International Summer School brought together leading Russian and Belarusian experts in the field of media law. The event targeted media law experts and media educators from universities and other institutions of higher education coming from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and the Russian Federation. The event’s programme included the issues of international standards of freedom of expression, access to information, protection of honour and dignity, author rights in journalism and communication, self-regulation of the media as well as approaches and methods of teaching media law to journalists and media professionals.
Based on the Summer School outcomes, a handbook on teaching the subject of media regulation and self-regulation was developed and distributed among the stakeholders. Entitled Media regulation and self-regulation in the Post-Soviet space, the handbook is available online, free of charge, in Russian: click here.
Publication of the textbook Rhetorical Fundamentals of Journalism is another initiative within the series of projects to support the faculties of journalism in their efforts to promote quality journalism based on international legal standards. The textbook was elaborated by the Journalism Department of the Belarusian State University and published with the support of UNESCO’s Moscow Office. Aimed at providing theoretical and practical base to teaching the subject, the textbook is included in the new teaching standard in Belarus and contributes to the development of ethical journalism.
Based on the Summer School outcomes, a handbook on teaching the subject of media regulation and self-regulation was developed and distributed among the stakeholders. Entitled Media regulation and self-regulation in the Post-Soviet space, the handbook is available online, free of charge, in Russian: click here.
Publication of the textbook Rhetorical Fundamentals of Journalism is another initiative within the series of projects to support the faculties of journalism in their efforts to promote quality journalism based on international legal standards. The textbook was elaborated by the Journalism Department of the Belarusian State University and published with the support of UNESCO’s Moscow Office. Aimed at providing theoretical and practical base to teaching the subject, the textbook is included in the new teaching standard in Belarus and contributes to the development of ethical journalism.
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