The overall aim of the course is to assist adolescents from disadvantaged backgrounds, such as migrant and ethnic minority groups, to effectively integrate into society. This will be done mainly by introducing them to the principles of journalism and digital media, which ultimately will empower them not only to use digital media but also to use them critically and creatively in order to raise their voices and become active citizens.
Specifically, the project aims to upscale a programme called “Young Journalists”, an initiative of the Network for Children’s Rights, which was developed at a local level in Athens, Greece. It has recently been included as a promising good practice and an example of child participation and peer-to-peer information in a practical handbook for professionals working with children prepared by the Council of Europe Children’s Rights Division. In the framework of this programme, refugee, migrant, and Greek youth are empowered to run and manage their own printed newspaper called “Migratory Birds” which is distributed as an insert with the Greek newspaper “I Efimerida ton Sintakton”, and their own web-radio, called “Dandelion”.
In the process of upscaling, the project aims to transfer this practice in 5 other European countries and shift the focus from traditional media to digital media. Also, it envisages to foster its forward-looking initiative and advance prior learning, by further contributing to the acquisition of specialized competencies by young people on media literacy and digital skills.
The vision of the programme is to watch young people coming from disadvantaged backgrounds succeeding in and changing their lives, being self-confident, competent, more critically aware, and ready to cope with any challenge they will encounter in the future.
Lessons:
1.Pre-Training Courses
2.Post- Training Course
Languages: English (EN)
