No Quality Journalism without Professional Education and Practical Training - Media Programme Southeast Europe
Event Reports
Experts from eight countries presented current models of journalistic education in their home countries.
Participants in the workshop were professors, media experts and journalists.
Journalism education has been an issue among media professionals, NGOs and academic circles for quite a while – but there is still a lack of coordination. Where and how young journalists get prepared for their future career has been discussed by professors, media experts and journalists at the invitation of the KAS Media Program South East Europe on an experts’ workshop in Sofia. There was a general consensus about the need of improvement of the current journalism education system in South East Europe. Furthermore, in a democratic society high standard education and professional training of journalists is a fundamental precondition for free and pluralistic media.
