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Starting Date: December, 2019
End Date: April, 2021
The project is implemented by JMI in cooperation with Hedayah International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism and funded by the European Union.
Objectives:
Improving Jordan’s media capacity to counter violent extremism and terrorism from Media Information Literacy and content quality perspectives
Project Description:
- Training workshops on Media and Information Literacy and combating hate speech for:
- Journalists in daily newspapers, news websites and Jordan News Agency (Petra)
- Journalists in local and community radio stations
- Journalists in local TV channels
- Young fresh journalism graduates and fourth year students of JMI
- Spokesmen in Ministries and Governmental bodies.
- Social media activists who have interests in citizen journalism
- The employees of the Media Commission
- Training of trainers for journalists and media professionals on Media and Information Literacy and combating hate speech
- Training for the employees of the Media Commission on monitoring and analyzing hate speech in the Jordanian media
- Preparing and disseminating audio and video messages about hate speech
- Discussion sessions on the code of conduct for the Jordanian media to combat hate speech
- Issuing a code of conduct on hate speech in the Jordanian media
- Disseminating and sharing the code of conduct with various Jordanian media outlets
Stakeholders:
- Jordan Media Commission
- The Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV)
- Jordan News Agency (Petra)
- Jordan Spokespersons
- Local Community Radios
- Media outlets
Beneficiaries:
- 15 Journalists working in the professional media outlets
- 15 Reporters consisting of staff members and volunteers from the student community working in community radio stations in Amman, Ma'an, Karak, Zarqa and Irbid governorates.
- 15 journalists who work in TV stations.
- 40 New graduates and senior students from journalism faculties (last year students) at JMI, Petra, Yarmouk, Middle East, Zarqa and Gadara Universities
- 40 Spokespersons in Ministries and Governmental bodies (from Spokesmen Network)
- 10 Employees of the Jordan Media Commission (State Regulatory Authority for the media sector)
- 15 Activists and influencers on social media