He gave a brief overview of the development of journalism in the Zadar region and reminded that Zadar in the 19th century was the capital of journalism, where, among other things, the first newspaper in Croatian language, Kraljski Dalmatin, was edited.
Dan Gillmor is author of We the Media, a book about technology and the development of grassroots journalism.
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While preparing the curricula, a team of four experts, commissioned for the initial development of the journalism education initiative, solicited a response to their first draft from twenty senior journalism educators who were deemed to have considerable work experience in developing countries and emerging democracies.
It takes into account social, economic, political and cultural contexts of developing countries highlighting connections between journalism, development and democratic discourse.
Stressing the importance of quality journalism and media education-training as central to the underlying principles of democracy and to the development of Africa as a whole, the consultation focused it attentions on twelve African training institutions in particular, which display a potential capacity to achieve institutional excellence.
During the following two days all participants will get together to discuss possible partnerships between schools of journalism, CMCs and other invited partners such as development agencies and the United Nations.
Ledbetter says that while the growth of blogs has had an important impact on journalism, he still wouldn't rank it as the most important development of the last five years.
During the 4th annual UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum, specialists from UNESCO took part in the discussions on freedom of expression, where the focus was on journalism education and youth communication, and also on the role of education in sustainable development, which explored the relevance of education to sustainable development as well as the promotion of cultural diversity and intercultural understanding.
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