2 pages., Online article., Describes a three-day training session for members of the Network of Agricultural Communicators (NAC)in The Gambia. Conducted in collaboration with the Danish Food and Agriculture Journalists (DFAJ).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00812
Notes:
Pages 45-48 in Report of the sensitisation workshop on rural radio for policy and decision makers in east and southern Africa, Lilongwe, Malawi, April 26-29 2005. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 90 pages.
Noting the rapid growth of journalism curricula in American colleges, the author emphasizes how "journalism has been and remains today without any well understood training course for its teachers" and with excessive emphasis upon practical training. Includes a comparative reference to agriculture curricula in that regard. Describes needed criteria for such curricula, and for teacher qualifications.
