The
Caribbean Network of Young Journalists
The Caribbean Network of Young Journalists (CNYJ) Project is being
executed by the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers, in collaboration
National Commissions for UNESCO in the Caribbean; the Caribbean News
Agency (CANA); Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC); the University of the
West Indies, Mona School of Business – Media Research Unit and national
and regional representative media organisations.
It is funded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO).
The CNYJ targets Caribbean journalists between the ages of 21 and 30. In
its initial phase, foundational reporting courses were conducted in
Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica and Grenada. It is expected that the
exercise will eventually span all countries in which there is ACM
membership.
The ACM plans, through this project, to optimise its existing network
which includes Caribbean journalists, journalism trainers, media
advocates, journalists’ organisations and media houses, to promote
higher professional standards among young journalists and to generate
greater awareness of the developmental impacts of media outputs.
A qualitative survey of professional expectations and needs among the
target group in the wider Caribbean is also being conducted. The CNYJ
will facilitate information/knowledge sharing in the profession.
The ACM is also introducing and pilot testing UNESCO’s Education for
Sustainable Development (ESD) Media Training and Resource Kit which can
be downloaded from this site.
Among the specific activities included in this project
are:
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Evaluation of the professional needs and expectations of young
journalists through a process of representative sampling in selected
territories;
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Expansion of the ACM’s current online reach and enhancement of the
quality of its online presence to focus on the specific needs and
achievements of young journalists;
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The
conduct of a series of in-country training programmes.
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Testing of UNESCO’s Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
Media Training and Resource Kit;
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Development of an
online capacity to monitor and review the performance of members of
the Caribbean Network of Young Journalists.
ABOUT THE ACM
The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM)
www.acmediaworkers.com is an
organisation of journalists and media worker associations spanning the
Caribbean Basin.
It was established in Bridgetown, Barbados on November 28, 2001. Its
membership includes journalists and
communicators from Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, The
Bahamas, British Virgin Islands,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti,
Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, St
Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Maarten,
Suriname and Trinidad and
Tobago.
The ACM has partnered with agencies from throughout the United Nations
system including the International
Labour Organisation (ILO), United Nations Information Centre for the
Caribbean (UNIC) and the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
The ACM is also associated with a number of global and hemispheric press
freedom groups and is considered to be the authoritative voice on
matters of media development and press freedom in the English-speaking
Caribbean.
