IN FOCUS; AFP FOUNDATION PROJECT WINS IPI NEWS INNOVATION CONTEST

A ground-breaking AFP Foundation project to develop a network of non-partisan, fact-checking websites at journalism teaching centers in Africa ans elsewhere was on Wednesday named as one of 14 winners of the International Press Institute (IPI)’s news innovation contest 2012.
The project, being developed in partnership with the journalism department of the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, will use a combination of professional journalism skills and crowd-sourced information to hold the claims of South Africa’s leading public figures up to open, non-partisan, scrutiny.
Once the concept has been proven in South Africa, the project aims to extend the model to journalism teaching centres in other countries in Africa and beyond.
Further details about the development of the project will be announced in coming days and weeks.

Details of the contest and the full list of winners can be found on the contest website: http://www.ipinewscontest.org/

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A « FINANCE » TRAINING IN HANOI

Fraud, incompetence and corruption scandals have been at the heart of some of the biggest financial news stories of the past few years.
And reporting on corporate governance issues was the focus of an advanced interactive workshop jointly organised by the AFP Foundation, the International Finance Corporation’s Vietnam Corporate Governance Program and the Global Corporate Governance Forum.

« BOSNIAN JOURNALISTS TOGETHER CAN RESTORE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS »

The ‘Media in War and Peace Time – Can We Do Better?’ conference took place at the Hotel Holiday Inn, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on 6 April, 2012, the twentieth anniversary of the start of the siege of Sarajevo.

‘MEDIA NEIGHBOURHOOD’ AIMS TO STRENGHEN JOURNALISM IN THE EU NEIGHBOURHOOD

The European Commission today officially launches Media Neighbourhood – a 3 year programme to train over 1200 journalists across 17 EU neighbouring countries and territories. BBC Media Action is leading a consortium of international media organisations who will deliver journalism training and networking activities.

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We aim to give young reporters and photographers career-enhancing skills. We aspire to raise professional standards and defend press freedom. We also train journalism students and run workshops in communicating with the media. Our courses are open to all; you don’t have to be a subscriber to other AFP services.