<font size=2 face="sans-serif">A new publication in the Edition series
International Media Studies takes a comparative look at standards of journalism
education in the framework of media and development. The publication can
be ordered online via the Vistas Verlag publishing house: <br>
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<br><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif">Edition International
Media Studies | 7</font>
<br><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif"><b>"Standards of
Journalism Education</b></font>
<br><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif"><b>An International Comparative
Study in the Context of Media and Development"</b><br>
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Christoph Schmidt (Ed.)</font>
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Contributing Authors:</font>
<br><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif">Christoph Schmidt, Eira
Martens-Edwards, Joana Cidade, Maryann Egbujor, Ahm Abdul Hai, Inas Abou-Youssef
et.al</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif">Training and educating
journalists worldwide with an aim to promote free and independent media
has for decades been a major aspect of media development cooperation. However,
academic research in this area remains limited, especially as it relates
to the status quo of journalism education in developing countries. The
academic research project on International Journalism Education Standards
(IJES) was initiated by DW Akademie's International Media Studies program
with a goal to help close this gap. The new publication offers the research
results of the IJES' comparative study on the standards of journalism education
in four developing countries: Colombia, Kenya, Myanmar and Egypt.</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif"><b>Preface</b></font>
<br><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif"><i>Christoph Schmidt</i><br>
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Strengthening journalism training and education systems with the aim of
enhancing free and independent media is a major field of activity of media
development cooperation. This has been the case for many decades. Thus
the lack of research regarding journalism education in developing countries
is astounding. The existing research in this field can be described as
focusing on certain industrialized countries – neither delivering much
insight about regional differences nor the countries of the South.<br>
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The counterbalancing of Western perspectives through research in developing
countries however, is much needed in a field like the development cooperation
in order to assess outcomes and adjust strategies.<br>
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The academic research project on International Journalism Education Standards
(IJES) was initiated by Deutsche Welle Akademie's International Media Studies
program with the goal to fill part of the described research gaps in the
field of international journalism education.<br>
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Its approach is a comparative study of four developing countries in different
world regions: Colombia for Latin America, Kenya for Subsaharan Africa,
Myanmar for Asia and Egypt for the Middle East. The decision for a comparative
approach has been rewarded, since it has allowed the identification of
some general tendencies in journalism education – such as a clear trend
towards university-level education of journalists, for example.<br>
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Furthermore, the IJES study is interdisciplinary, connecting diverse fields
like educational sciences, development studies and international media
systems with the area of media and communication sciences.<br>
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The research in the countries has been conducted by researchers of the
International Media Studies Master's Program, and in the case of Egypt,
by a group of fellow researchers including professors and teaching assistants
from the country itself.<br>
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To all of them, I would like to extend my gratitude for investing their
time and passion into this research project. I would also like to thank
all of the experts who shared there knowledge with us through interviews.</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif"><i>See also: </i></font><a href="http://www.dw.com/en/new-publication-standards-of-journalism-education/a-18616302"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><i>http://www.dw.com/en/new-publication-standards-of-journalism-education/a-18616302</i></font></a>
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<br><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif"><i>More DW Akademie publications:
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