NEWS: Media Participation is a Right of the Child (TURKEY)

Media Participation is a Right of the Child

Local reporters in Mugla discussed ways to create a child-friendly media during the Children's rights reporting training program held by Turkey-Unicef and BIA². They decided to launch projects to allow children to have their voices heard in the media.

 

BIA News Center
08/03/2006    Tolga KORKUT

 

BİA (Mugla) - "Establishing a Countrywide Network in Turkey for Monitoring and Covering Media Freedom and Independent Journalism" BIA² project by he IPS Communications Foundation and the Turkey - Unicef (United Nations Children's Fund) organized the sixth of the training seminar series on Reporting on Children's Rights in Mugla on March 4-5.

A total of 29 local reporters from nine different provinces attended the training at the Hamle Hotel in Akyaka.

The reporters, through presentations, workshops and case studies, discussed the possibilities of creating a child-friendly media and enabling children's participation in the media.

 

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.bianet.org/2006/03/01_eng/news75587.htm

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

 

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

 

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

 

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

 

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