Building Capacity of Journalists on Ethical Child Reporting
| Project Status: | Grant Agreement |
| Funding Partner: | United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) |
| Project Duration: | July 2009 to September 2010 |
| Project Cost: | BDT 6,632,025.00 |
| MRDI’s Contribution: | BDT 314,850.00 |
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PROJECT PERSONNEL
| Team Leader: | Inam Ahmed, Deputy Editor, The Daily Star |
| Coordinator: | Hasibur Rahman, Executive Director, MRDI |
| Project Manager: | Farhana Afroz, Senior Program Officer, MRDI |
| Accounts Manager: | Abdul Gofur, Manager, Finance and Admin, MRDI |
OBJECTIVES
To identify the gaps in compliance of ethical standard of child reporting over print and electronic media.
To increase capacity of journalists on ethics of child reporting.
To create an enabling environment in the media houses in practicing high standard of journalistic ethics on child reporting.
MAJOR ACTIVITIES
Content analysis/Baseline survey of selected media
Training Module Development
Capacity Building of journalist
Handbook on journalistic ethics
