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 Fojo, l’institut pour une formation continue des journalistes, supervise chaque année cette rencontre internationale sous le thème « Journalisme et démocratie ».
Trois semaines durant, des journalistes venus d’Algérie, Argentine, Colombie, El Salvador, Zambie, Tunisie, Égypte, Paraguay, Chine, Sri Lanka, Ouganda et Zimbabwe ont débattu de divers sujets relatifs à la pratique du journalisme dans leurs pays respectifs. En plus des échanges d’expériences personnelles, la conférence s’est focalisée sur le « street journalism », expression anglo-saxonne désignant l’information de proximité, « leadership and coaching » expression relative à l’organisation des médias et des salles de rédaction, à l’éthique et à la déontologie dans le journalisme, à la situation des femmes journalistes et à l’image de la masculinité et à celle de la féminité telles que rapportées par les médias. Programme de formation et espace de discussion, la conférence a comporté en outre une série de rencontres avec des professionnels des médias et des débats ont été ouverts à la télévision ou la radio nationales suédoises, mais aussi avec des journalistes de la presse écrite généraliste et spécialisée. Fojo a permis à ce forum sur le développement de la pratique journalistique de concrétiser l’idée d’une rencontre entre des journalistes de trois continents venant, notamment, de zones de conflits et où le processus démocratique est au stade du démarrage. Pour rappel, Fojo est un institut indépendant attaché à l’université de Kalmar, située sur la côte est de la Suède. Il met à la disposition des journalistes professionnels en Suède et dans plus de 90 autres pays un centre de formation pour améliorer leurs connaissances professionnelles du journalisme et des questions sociales actuelles. Le but, tel que l’explique Mme Marie Kronmarker, journaliste formatrice à l’institut « est de maintenir en permanence un échange d’expériences et un débat sur ce qu’est le journalisme professionnel et son rôle dans le processus démocratique ». Les travaux de la conférence tenue entre les 13 septembre et 1er octobre 2004 sont assemblés sur e-mail : www.fo.hik.se/jd04
Alioua Houria
El Watan
20 - 10 - 2004
The Institute for Further Education of Journalists (FOJO)
Journalism is not an exact science. The only certain thing is that journalism continues to develop. Fojo, the Institute for Further Education of Journalists, offers journalists around the world a forum for promoting this development.
Fojo is an independent institute attached to Kalmar University, located on the east coast of Sweden. Fojo provides a center for professional journalists in Sweden and more than 90 other countries to expand their knowledge of journalism and current social issues. Our course instructors are all journalists. Although Fojo is based in the Swedish town of Kalmar, the institute works with journalists from all corners of the world.
The world can never get enough of good journalism, and journalists can discuss at length the topic of what good journalism actually is. At Fojo, we see to it that this journalistic discussion maintains momentum.
This is Fojo
The Institute for Further Education of Journalists was founded in 1972 and is responsible nationally for further training of professional journalists in Sweden. Fojo is administered by a Board comprising representatives from the media and society.
Fojo’s international activities have expanded substantially since the first courses were held in the early 1990s. Fojo holds extra curricular inter-national courses in Sweden and conducts training projects in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe.
The courses in Sweden are financed by the Ministry of Education. The international courses are sponsored mainly by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) within the framework of the Swedish Government’s support to democratic development.
Many paths to Fojo
Each year Fojo organizes courses and seminars of varying lengths on such topics as the environment, economy, media management, investigative reporting, sports journalism, political journalism, writing for children and other current issues. Many of the courses are open to all journalists, while other courses and projects are carried out bilaterally in cooperation with journalist organizations or other partners.
Accommodation for journalists who travel to Kalmar for training is provided in Fojo’s residence center, which has 52 modern hotel rooms in the same building as the classrooms and the breakfast cafeteria.
Knowledge, inspiration and awareness
Fojo’s foremost goal is to provide journalists with specialized knowledge of active, investigative and objective journalism, i.e. the journalistic approach required to sustain a functioning democracy.
We also believe that journalists interact best with other journalists. Consequently, all the course instructors at Fojo are knowledgeable and experienced journalists who work with small groups of students. This facilitates an exchange of experience among the course participants and provides the time required for deeper thought and reflection. This pedagogical concept is applied consistently by Fojo, regardless of where courses are held, be they in Kalmar, St. Petersburg or Hanoi.
Fojo always strives to have the best lecturers available for its courses. Thousands of participants’ evaluations collected over the years attest to the high quality, credibility and relevance of the training programs.
Together we are strong
Fojo cooperates with a number of partners and can customize courses onsite. Internationally, Fojo works with various journalist organizations and universities in Palestine, Vietnam, Belarus, Russia, Sri Lanka, southern Africa and in many other countries.
Fojo cooperates with UNESCO and UNDP and develops course projects jointly with similar organizations in the Nordic region and Europe.
Fojo in brief :
- 2,000 journalists trained each year
- Cooperation projects under way in Palestine, Vietnam, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Caucasus, southern Africa, Sri Lanka and Turkey
- Sida sponsors international courses as part of the Swedish aid program to promote democracy.
- In 2001, 820 foreign journalists received advanced training from us supported by Sida and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Contact :
The Institute for Further Education of Journalists
Box 622 - SE-391 26 Kalmar - Sweden
Visiting address : Norra vägen 42
Tel : +46 480 44 64 00 - Tfxl : +46 480 44 64 20
E-mail : fojoinfo@hik.se - Internet : www.fo.hik.se |
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