Trauma Literacy in Global Journalism: Toward an Education Agenda Guest Editors: Ola Ogunyemi (University of Lincoln, UK) & Lada Price (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) Journalism and Mass Communication Educator is seeking empirically grounded and theoretically focused research papers for publication in a special issue on a new pathway to an educational agenda in response to…
A new English language journal, Online Media and Global Communication (OMGC), is soliciting manuscript submissions for a themed issue on Misinformation and global communication. Online Media and Global Communication is a free open access journal published quarterly by De Gruyter and sponsored by Shanghai International Studies University, China, the host of the 2023WJEC. Edited by…
The Steering Committee of the World Journalism Education Council strongly condemns the violent invasion of Ukraine. We express our solidarity with the citizens of Ukraine, and particularly with Ukrainian journalists, journalism educators and journalism students, who now find themselves in the middle of a devastating war. We call on the international community to support, in…
Conference on safety of journalists 2-4 May 2022, Uruguay Attacks on journalists are as diversified and complex as never before: while 2021 saw the lowest number in killings of journalists in over a decade, online and offline attempts to silence critical investigations plague journalists around the world. UNESCO and a network of Uruguayan universities will…
To keep the spirit of WJEC alive in the interim, we are organising the WJEC Online Conference, to be held in June 30th, 2022. This event will align with the WJEC-UNESCO project “Journalism education for the 21st century”. Details coming soon! Organising Committee: Verica Rupar, Elanie Steyn, Robyn Goodman, Nico Drok, Pascal Guenee, and Imran…
The next World Journalism Education Congress will be held a year later than originally planned. Following a decision at the WJEC Council’s July meeting, the Congress will run in 2023 rather than 2022. The 6th WJEC is hosted by universities in Beijing and Shanghai. The postponement had been forced by the ongoing pandemic, restricted international…
Training and resilience building for journalists working in dangerous environments 29 June, 1pm London time New models for effective training and resilience building for journalists working in dangerous environments internationally Speakers: Diane Foley, James Foley Legacy Foundation, USA John Irvine, Special Correspondent, ITN and ABC News Ayman Mhanna, Executive Director, The Samir Kassir Foundation, Lebanon Dr Nigel Taylor, Security…
Are you a journalism educator? If so, we would very much like to invite you to complete a short survey aiming to assess your awareness of the impact of trauma assignments on journalists and your attitudes towards embedding trauma literacy into the journalism curriculum. The survey will take about 10 mins to complete and your…
World Journalism Education Council in cooperation with UNESCO Journalism education for the 21st century CALL FOR PROPOSALS The World Journalism Education Council is pleased to invite expressions of interest to participate in the project “Journalism education for the 21st century.” This project responds to the vision of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication…
We are delighted to announce the inaugural AJE/WJEC International Women’s Day event on March 5, 2020 at 1.00pm. We are thrilled to be welcoming two of the best women journalists – Jane Garvey, co-founder of the Fortunately podcast and former host of BBC R4’s Woman’s Hour, and Terri White, Editor-in-Chief of Empire magazine, whose recent…