# Journalism training

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## [What's Next? Public Service Journalism in the Age of Distraction, Opinion and Information Abundance (November 22, 2021)](https://www.ebu.ch/publications/strategic/loginonly/report/news-report---whats-next-public-service-journalism-in-the-age-of-distraction-opinion-and-information-abundance)

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#### European Broadcasting Union- DR. ALEXANDRA BORCHARDT, FELIX M. SIMON

This report responds to the questions as to what is the best strategy to foster necessary innovation and responsiveness within newsrooms, as well as how public service media can cope with the political and financial pressures that put their existence at risk.

## Handbook for Journalism Education and Training (2018)

#### UNESCO - **CHERILYN IRETON & JULIE POSETTI**

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> UNESCO's new handbook is an essential addition to teaching syllabi for all journalism educators, as well as practising journalists and editors who are interested in information, how we share it and how we use it.&#x20;
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> Written by experts in the fight against disinformation, this handbook explores the very nature of journalism - with modules on why trust matters; thinking critically about how digital technology and social platforms are conduits of the information disorder; fighting back against disinformation and misinformation through media and information literacy; fact-checking 101; social media verification and combatting online abuse.

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Download the full handbook in 24 languages [here](https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000265552).&#x20;
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## AFRICA

## [Mapping Journalism Training Centres in sub-Saharan Africa (2020)](https://journalism.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mapping-Africa-Training-Centres-V6_09122020.pdf)

#### Fojo Media Institute at Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden & Wits Journalism Programme of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa - ALAN FINLEY

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**Funded by:** The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) as part of the “Consortium for Human Rights and Media in Africa (CHARM)”.&#x20;

A good summary of the finding is provided by Laura Owen in [this article](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/how-journalism-training-changing-and-flourishing-sub-saharan-africa?utm_source=MediaDev+Insider+newsletter\&utm_campaign=f75f657406-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_15_11_42_COPY_01\&utm_medium=email\&utm_term=0_642f35c243-f75f657406-1284510129) for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.&#x20;

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## MORE RESEARCH&#x20;

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## WHAT IS MISSING?

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