Central Asian media organizations face a myriad of changes in a region where economic and political conditions vary widely. It is an opportune time for these organizations to reposition themselves through wise management of human resource development programmes in order to grow and become self reliant. Although modern technologies continue to transform the media industries, they cannot replace human creativity and competence. Journalists, engineers and managers have realized that the skills with which they started in their professional careers are no longer sufficient. At the same time,...
IPDC Project beneficiary type: Media training institutions
The aim of this project is to introduce modern digital radio production techniques in the Zambian community radio stations. This will lead to simpler radio production techniques, and will result in lower production costs. Furthermore, it will facilitate radio programmes exchanges between the radio stations, an objective of the Zambian Association of community radio editors Forum. Following the above, ZAMCOM has designed a training programme in Digital Quality Radio Production Using New Media. The objective of this training is to use low-budget digital tools to gather audio material that...
This project is made up of two main components: (1) a regional workshop to train communication professionals in science journalism, and (2) the establishment of an operational network of Science Journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean. The main objective of the workshop is to improve journalists' skills in the management of techniques, languages and communication resources for an adequate the dissemination of scientific knowledge through media. The network will systematically facilitate opportunities for the participants to attend scientific meetings, participate in exchange...
Although there is a proliferation of media entities in Jordan, the caliber of news, analyses and investigative reporting is below standard for lack of proper expertise in the arena of journalism. This has led the Jordanian government to slow down the process towards freedom of the press and access to information. In spite of official enthusiasm for media reform in Jordan, this hasn't yet translated into full legislative support for media freedoms. While the Press and Publications Law has undergone several amendments aimed at widening the margins of press freedoms, journalists can still be...
Every year, from June to November, the Caribbean area faces a dangerous period that becomes a real challenge for every one in tropical latitudes: the hurricane season. Global overheating and climate change in our planet cause a more active season each time, so hurricanes, tropical storms, tornadoes and other atmospheric events are frequently targeted as headlines for journalists and media organisations. Millions of dollars are spent on hurricane preparedness every year, but experts say it is not enough, because these are intense and very complex events, and sometimes people underestimate...
The immediate objective of this project is to provide high-quality professional training to talented young practicing journalists or graduates in journalism from the Middle East by helping them to achieve excellence in writing and reporting in broadcast news media and providing them with access to and understanding of the professional media working culture and practice. This will contribute to development: first, it will assist in building the media capacities of Middle East young journalists in order to promote a common understanding of the importance of developing pluralistic and...
The aim of this project is to strengthen the capacities of the Zanzibar Journalism Training Centre, established by the Zanzibar government in 1998, by providing radio and television production equipment, as well as training activities in development journalism, investigative reporting and production. The project will thus help to ensure sound professional practices and reinforce the media's ability to contribute to the democratic process. The immediate objectives of the project are: To improve in quality and quantity the access of Zanzibar cultural sources of information by helping...
The Ethiopian Mass Media Training Institute (EMMTI), based in Addis Ababa, runs two major programmes of journalism and mass communication education. This project intends to supply the Institute with FM-radio support communication combined with Internet access in order to give students the opportunity to gain practical experience in producing and broadcasting news and magazine-type programmes; they will then be able to exercise the skills acquired when they return to their stations or regions. In the field of television, the diploma programme students have already started producing...
The Windhoek Declaration of May 1991, stresses the need to provide basic training for journalists from the African press. It also has been noted that the specialization of African journalists in fields of particular interest to their countries and sub-regions leaves a lot to be desired. Scholarships to study abroad are increasingly rare, given the high costs of accommodation in the host countries and the continuing decline in offers from the countries of the North. African journalists, therefore, have to depend on training organized locally, thus making it possible to acquire basic and...
The objective of this project was to upgrade both the Ethiopian Mass Media Training Institute (EMMTI) diploma programme to degree level and the pedagogical skills of the instructors for the regular and formal training of journalists, so as to help EMMTI fine-tune its curriculum and teaching methods.
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