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The Commonwealth Journalists Association is a network of working journalists throughout the 54 countries of the Commonwealth. The head office of the CJA is located in
Only journalists can be full members. Academic journalists are accepted as associate members, and some organizations of journalists have been allowed to affiliate with the CJA. Proprietors, publishers, broadcasting organisations and governments are not members.
The CJA's main purpose is to provide a professional network for help, training, and lobbying. Among other things it -
· to enhance journalists image
· helps individual journalists who get into trouble
· provides short term and urgent training as needed
· lobbies governments and international organisations in the interests of working journalists
· provides a means of linking and communications between all journalists in the Commonwealth
The CJA was founded in 1978 with the
Latest Media News
Launching into cyberspace
By David Spark
CJA E-Letter, July Edition
CJA Fiji has set up a new website http://cjafiji.bravehost.com. So, with the help of Pieter Wessels of CJA Australia, has the Rural Media Network of
The RMNP site was inaugurated in May by the Amir of Bahawalpur, Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi above right. He said that the greatest threats to freedom of expression in Pakistant occur in rural areas, where feudal and tribal lords and government functionaries can punish, away from the glare of national and international media, any journalist who dares to report their misdeeds.
RMNP convener Ehsan Ahmed Sehar above left said the website would use both English and Urdu. It would inform rural journalists about training, media law and violations of freedom of expression.
Media Professionals graduate to teach at FIT
Thirteen local senior journalists graduated at the Fiji Institute of Technology last week (6 July 2006) with a Training of the Trainers Certificate.
This qualification will enable them to teach the Media and Journalism Programme Course to be offered at FIT from next semester (August 2006).
The journalism course is going to be a two-year program. If students opt to get out of the course at the end of the first year, they will graduate with a certificate.
The course goes on for another year where the graduates will come out with a diploma.
General Studies Head of School Winnie Nainoca said FIT academics would not pretend to know the media's job and therefore had decided to bring people from the industry to teach the course.
"Those already in the profession would know best the needs of the local media and what is been done in practice out there," Mrs Nainoca said.
"Everything that the trainers need, from teaching materials to teaching aids, have been prepared by FIT and AUSAID and will be offered to the trainers on a silver plate. All they need is to teach it to the students.
"But teaching students is a skill that you have to master, understanding the education psychology and that’s what we have taught the trainers during the Training of the Trainers course, and 13 have successfully graduated and will begin lecturing and tutoring next semester."
Fiji Media Council Chairman Daryl Tarte said the graduation was a memorable moment because for the first time it would give the local media industry a sense of ownership.
He said the USP course was too academic resulting in many graduates joining other media fields such as public relations work instead of the mainstream media.
"The course targets working journalists, the input of the course comes from the journalists themselves so there is a sense of ownership," Mr Tarte said.
FIT Director Kolinio Meo said the school was committed to meeting the needs of the media industry as far as education was concerned.
He said the Training of the Trainers Programme would run again at the end of the year.
FAME AWARDS closed on July 5, 2006.
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