Central Asian school of contemporary journalism

On 13 June -19 August 2011, we ran the Central Asian School of Contemporary Journalism for the second time in co-operation with the Deutsche Welle Academy.

In difference from the previous year, we focused on early-career journalists, because it is this target group that is less covered by other trainings and is however more receptive to new ideas and practices than the older cohorts. Theinclusion of the TV module is consonant with the emphasis the OSCE community makes on this important media sector, especially in light of the ongoing reforms of public television in Kyrgyzstan.

As previously, the reporting on and analysis of ethnic conflict was one of the central themes of the course, together with local political reporting, reporting on health issues and consumer affairs. The combination of the print, radio, TV and online modules is a good way to give early career journalists a holistic concept of the profession, where different media increasingly interact.

Central Asian Journalism Summer School builds on four years of the OSCE Academy experience of training for print media, while the DWA contributes with their expertise in radio journalism.

Works of participants of the programme 2011 can be found at:

http://training.dw-world.de/eurasia/za/bishkek2011/

2010:

Umida Maniyazova:

http://europe-asia.org/ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19:2010-06-11-01-42-35&catid=3:2010-05-14-12-32-34&Itemid=25

Asyl Osmonalieva:

http://europe-asia.org/ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22:2010-06-11-02-13-55&catid=3:2010-05-14-12-32-34&Itemid=25

History: 

Since 2004 the OSCE Academy and Media4Democracy with generous support of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs conducted five one-year journalism schools with more than 200 participants - representatives of all five Central Asian states.

The overall objectives were to improve the quality of regional media coverage for the forthcoming parliamentary and strengthening professional media in Central Asia. Journalists and editors from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were among the first participants of the training.

Over the years training began to include journalists representing different media branches: Printing, TV and Radio broadcasting and online media.

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