The next World Journalism Education Congress will be held a year later than originally planned. Following a decision at the WJEC Council’s July meeting, the Congress will run in 2023 rather than 2022. The 6th WJEC is hosted by universities in Beijing and Shanghai. The postponement had been forced by the ongoing pandemic, restricted international…
Training and resilience building for journalists working in dangerous environments 29 June, 1pm London time New models for effective training and resilience building for journalists working in dangerous environments internationally Speakers: Diane Foley, James Foley Legacy Foundation, USA John Irvine, Special Correspondent, ITN and ABC News Ayman Mhanna, Executive Director, The Samir Kassir Foundation, Lebanon Dr Nigel Taylor, Security…
Alongside the roundtables, the WJEC-UNESCO project funds the publishing of two excellent handbooks. Teaching journalism online Edited by Susan Keith and Raluco Cozma This handbook is designed to help journalism instructors navigate online, remote, and hybrid teaching with whatever resources they have at hand. The handbook — containing chapters written by contributors from around the…
Journalism education for the 21st century This year 16 roundtables across the world and two handbooks to be published The WJEC-UNESCO project is underway after confirming and contacting all successful roundtable and handbook proposals from across the globe. The project responds to the vision of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication for strengthening…
Are you a journalism educator? If so, we would very much like to invite you to complete a short survey aiming to assess your awareness of the impact of trauma assignments on journalists and your attitudes towards embedding trauma literacy into the journalism curriculum. The survey will take about 10 mins to complete and your…
World Journalism Education Council in cooperation with UNESCO Journalism education for the 21st century CALL FOR PROPOSALS The World Journalism Education Council is pleased to invite expressions of interest to participate in the project “Journalism education for the 21st century.” This project responds to the vision of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication…
We are delighted to announce the inaugural AJE/WJEC International Women’s Day event on March 5, 2020 at 1.00pm. We are thrilled to be welcoming two of the best women journalists – Jane Garvey, co-founder of the Fortunately podcast and former host of BBC R4’s Woman’s Hour, and Terri White, Editor-in-Chief of Empire magazine, whose recent…
100 years of Paulo Freire A special issue of the Brazilian journal Communication and Education on the centenary of birth of Paulo Freire.