These Guides help to understand global development issues and media logic in Finland and elsewhere. You can read them in Finnish, English and Arabic.
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Guide for journalists – how to cover development issues
In the West, news coverage of developing countries has customarily been marked by a focus on conflicts, poverty, and misery. Countries are easily depicted negatively and simplistically through news on such things as war, terrorism, corruption, and disasters.
Read article >Oras Tynkkynen: Do not oversimplify international environmental questions
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This video has been produced as a part of a project “From Stereotypes to Covering Global Interdependencies – Training by Journalists for Journalists”, organised by Vikes and KVS.
Lotta Staffans: Company's responsibility can be checked
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This video has been produced as a part of a project “From Stereotypes to Covering Global Interdependencies – Training by Journalists for Journalists”, organised by Vikes and KVS.
Behishta Shanin: Afghan journalists should know the laws of war
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This video has been produced as a part of a project “From Stereotypes to Covering Global Interdependencies – Training by Journalists for Journalists”, organised by Vikes and KVS.