Document Type

Conference Paper

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

*training, 5.8 MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS, Journalism

Publication Details

Africa-UK Journalism Education Exchange Network, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, England, 11–13 April 2012.

Abstract

It is now 17 years since the collapse of the communist regimes in Eastern and South Eastern Europe and nearly 17 years since the first initiatives were put in place to train journalists and reform the media. In that time a vast amount of money has been spent on media training and development with thousands of journalists receiving some sort of training from Western journalists, trainers and educators. Today, with some exceptions, journalism throughout the region is still characterised by a lack of professionalism, little understanding of the need for accuracy, a willingness to accept bribes and a lack of understanding of the journalist’s ethical role.

DOI

10.21427/D70V16


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