Advances in African and Arab science journalism: Capacity building and new newsroom structures through digital peer-to-peer support

被引:10
作者
Lublinski, Jan [1 ,2 ]
Reichert, Inka [3 ]
Denis, Augustin [1 ,4 ]
Fleury, Jean-Marc [4 ,5 ,6 ,7 ]
Labassi, Olfa [8 ]
Spurk, Christoph [9 ]
机构
[1] SjCOOP, Gatineau, PQ, Canada
[2] DW Akad, Bonn, Germany
[3] World Federat Sci Journalists, Evaluat Team, Gatineau, PQ, Canada
[4] World Federat Sci Journalists, Gatineau, PQ, Canada
[5] Univ Laval, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
[6] IDRC, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[7] Le Soleil Newspaper, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
[8] World Federat Sci Journalists, Gatineau, PQ, Canada
[9] Zurich Univ Appl Sci ZHAW, Inst Appl Media Studies, Zurich, Switzerland
来源
ECQUID NOVI-AFRICAN JOURNALISM STUDIES | 2014年 / 35卷 / 02期
关键词
distance mentoring; science journalism; SjCOOP mentoring programme; MEDIA; PERSPECTIVES;
D O I
10.1080/02560054.2014.919945
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
Journalists who regularly cover science, health, environment and technology in Africa and the Arab world face a number of difficulties: Lack of elementary resources for journalistic research, and newsroom environments that are not always supportive of specialised reporting. Also a need for capacity to cover science is often bemoaned as well as difficulties in interactions between journalists and scientists. The evaluation of the world's largest support initiative for science journalism in developing countries, the SjCOOP mentoring programme, shows that some of these problems can be mitigated through a variety of support programmes, especially 'distance mentoring'. The article analyses ways of building capacity and offering general support with the help of ICTs. Organisational structures for specialised reporting in 40 newsrooms are compared. Cases of structural advancement and innovation for science journalism are discussed.
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页码:4 / 22
页数:19
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