Criteria and Indicators for Quality Journalism Training Institutions & Identifying Potential Centres of Excellence in Journalism Training in Africa

The report maps the capacity and potential for excellence of almost one hundred journalism schools across Africa, highlighting the development challenges and opportunities of African journalism institutions and identifying specific areas for support from development partners. The report is the first of its kind, providing a unique set of indicators and criteria for measuring potential for institutional excellence that can be adapted for use in other parts of the world.

The study was conducted in collaboration with Rhodes University’s School of Journalism and Media Studies (South Africa) and the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Lille (ESJ), Graduate School of Journalism in France), and has also benefited from contributions from and consultation with field experts, international media networks, African teaching institutions and media development agencies.

Fostering journalistic training institutions in Africa is key to Africa’s development as a whole, whether for tackling poverty, ushering in democratic practices or promoting social change.