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UNESCO and Rhodes University develop syllabus on reporting Africa |
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In their attempt to upgrade the
capacities of media training institutions to offer high-quality
training and journalism education, UNESCO and Rhodes University have
teamed up to set up an online discussion that will culminate in
developing and disseminating a possible syllabus on reporting Africa,
based on the UNESCO Model Curricula for Journalism Education.
Africa is a geo-culturally multifaceted
continent and not a cultural homogeny. Reporting Africa should reflect
the cultural diversity, which both African and non-African media often
ignore. The syllabus is, therefore, an attempt to address the paucity
of teaching and learning materials on reporting Africa. It is meant to
provide a conceptually relevant and practically sophisticated basis for
reporting a culturally diverse continent in continual flux.
The syllabus, once developed, will be subject to wide-ranging
consultation and validation through such tools as the African
Journalism Schools online platform and the World Journalism Education
Congress panel on reporting Africa, before it is finally published and
disseminated throughout the world. During this intellectual process, it
is important for African journalism and media experts and scholars to
reclaim the epistemological and ontological ground in articulating a
vision of journalistic practice that is rooted in their lived
experiences.
Spearheaded by
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from Rhodes University’s SAB Ltd-UNESCO Chair of Media and Democracy,
in cooperation with the UNESCO Windhoek Office, the project will
involve all media practitioners, trainers and experts who have a keen
interest in indigenising journalism education. To this end, both
institutions call upon and invite all interested parties to actively
take part in the development and inception of the syllabus. An online
discussion has been set up in order to review the project document. To
participate in the discussion please register on the African Journalism
Schools platform at: http://journalismschools.unesco-ci.org
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Last Updated ( 2010-01-21 )
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