Journalism and Media Management Training

The Media Program supports training aimed at current or future media professionals. This includes instruction in a variety of professional skills as well as in-depth reporting on specialized areas (such as human rights, minorities, economics and finance, education, public health, and elections).

The program provides support for the following types of training:

• workshops and seminars;
• in-house training/consultations;
• distance training;
• study visits and exchanges of media professionals;
• development of training programs, modules, and courses (including acquisition and/or production of training material) for mid-career training institutions and journalism schools.

The Media Program welcomes proposals that offer a comprehensive approach to a problem area. These approaches can either build on previous projects undertaken by various organizations (instead of repeating them) or tackle new problem areas, and should have good chances (in the case of larger projects) for viability after donor support ceases.

Co-funding by other donors, media industry, or participants’ tuition fees is strongly encouraged, whenever possible.

Projects providing transfer/exchange of expertise between media professionals of countries and regions where the Media Program works are warmly welcome.

The Media Program generally does not support festivals and similar events, conference organization and individual participation at conferences and similar events, individual studies/fellowships/internships, academic research. Requests for acquisition of equipment, furniture, renovation of premises are considered if they are inseparable part of larger training projects, and necessity of such purchases/renovation is clearly demonstrated.