“Non-discrimination and Diversity in the Media” Online Course (Tunisia)

This online course aims to provide journalists in Tunisia with the tools and procedures needed to write about and report on the experiences of minorities and minority groups in Tunisia.

Through this training, journalists will have the opportunity to better master media treatment which undertakes to:

• Respect the ethical standards concerning the rights of minorities and minority groups.
• Address the critical issues facing these groups (ethnic and religious minorities, linguistic minorities, LGBTQI+ people, migrants, people with disabilities, as well as multiple discrimination) in a more responsible and ethical way.
• Fight against invisibilization and tell positive stories of different minority groups.

More specifically, participants will be introduced to the importance of positive narratives highlighting the struggles of these groups and the development of alternative histories to address issues of minority rights, diversity and migration.

This program will be provided by a trainer who will help them in the learning process. The subjects of the videos and/or podcasts proposed at the end of the training will participate in an internal competition. The top three selected subjects will be produced and awarded prizes.

Program of the Training

• The program includes 8 weeks of free online training and six weeks of production monitoring of the three topics selected at the end of the eight weeks of training, available in Arabic or French (journalists will have the choice between the two languages ​​offered).
• The work will be done online except for the first and last meeting (September 02 and October 28, 2023) which will be face-to-face in Tunis.
• The journalist will need to have their own computer and a reliable broadband internet connection.

Modules

• This course includes 5 modules:
  • Module 1: General introduction to terminologies: Minorities, minority and discriminated groups, gender, intersectionality and the question of privileges.
  • Module 2: Ethical journalism and general introduction to issues affecting minorities, minority groups and multiple discrimination.
  • Module 3: Critical issues affecting minorities, LGBTQI+ people, people with disabilities and sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia, racial discrimination, multiple discrimination and the notion of intersectionality.
  • Module 4: The practice of journalism sensitive to the issues of minority groups.
  • Module 5: Writing of subjects related to the themes treated and the ethics of the production of videos and podcasts.
• This course will be available to participants on the Minority Rights Group International website.
• Continuation of the training for the three journalists selected from October 29 to December 10, 2023 (06 weeks):
  • Follow-up of the video and/or podcast production of the three best selected subjects: Only three participants will continue the following six weeks for the realization of their video or podacst projects.

Training Duration

• The online course for all participants will run from September 02 to October 28, 2023 (08 weeks).
• The monitoring of the production of the videos and/or podcasts of the three selected journalists will take place from October 29 to December 10, 2023 (06 weeks).

Who can apply?

• Professional journalists working in Tunisia.
• Journalism students.

For more information, visit Minority Rights Group International.