Events
Training on gathering and presenting information
When
9 December 2009 (All day) - 11 December 2009 (All day)
Where
Holiday Inn Hotel, Baku, Azerbaijan
Organized by
OSCE Office in Baku
The training course for editors and journalists from various media outlets will focus on journalistic standards of truthfulness, accuracy, objectivity, impartiality and public accountability.
Workshops will make use of practical exercises and examples from journalistic writing, including on fact-checking and the use of sources, to reflect on these issues with the active involvement of participants. Additionally, the course will deal with types of information provided under the law, such as statistics, census information, financial information, budgets, environmental studies and other governmental information. The anticipated outcome of this session is that journalists will be better equipped to draw conclusions from the information provided, portray this information accurately, and write competent and responsible articles based on research.