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Journalists for Diversity and Inclusion: Accountability and Engagement

Implementation period: February 2022 – April 2025

Financing organization: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Sweden

 

1. To strengthen media capacity to cover the issue of vulnerable and marginalized groups through practical workshops, Diversity and Inclusion Camps for journalists and Journalism students’ and monitoring with recommendations for correct and friendly journalistic approaches;

 

2. To stimulate the best journalistic practices to promote diversity and inclusion by organizing a contest among media professionals and prize awarding at a side event at the Media Forum;
 

3. To increase the public commitment of journalists to promote diversity and inclusion by completing the Journalist’s Code of Ethics with specific responsibilities in this field.

1. Developing a study of the training needs of media professionals in the field of diversity and media coverage of vulnerable groups and a thematic training package;

 

2. Organizing practical workshops and Diversity and Inclusion Camps for journalists and journalism students;

 

3. Monitoring media content on the coverage of topics targeting vulnerable and marginalized groups, public presentation of monitoring reports and the recommendations of the experts;

 

4. Conducting 3 editions of a national thematic contest of journalistic materials, with prizes awarded for the best journalistic practices in this field and Diversity/Media Inclusion Award;

 

5. Holding a campaign to raise awareness of journalists and newsrooms to make concrete commitments to promote diversity and inclusion, adapting their editorial policies and, in this regard, updating the Code of Ethics with specific provisions and establishing ethical responsibility of journalists to promote diversity and inclusion.