Another practical guide for reporters "The Net for Journalists"

Today another training handbook for journalists on how to use the internet has been launched on the website of the UNESCO.

Written by Martin Huckerby in collaboration with UNESCO, the Thomson Foundation and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, the handbook (opens a PDF - 141 pages) "is a resource (with a printed manual and a CD) designed for both print and broadcast journalists and journalism students in developing countries around the globe."

The handbook covers "searching the web", blogging, multimedia, VOIP, security and many other topics. I haven't read the 141 handbook yet but looking at the pages about blogging it looks like this guide is a great starter for anyone in journalism not too familiar with the net at this time.

There is also a chapter on software to use; open source software is the "de facto" choice for journalists in developing countries.

In the section training Cyberjournalist.net is listed and also a new web-based training site, funded by the European Union, called Reporstage. The latter can not be accessed at the moment.

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[Guillaume du gardier]

Thanks for the link Philippe, very useful information !