Training of Trainers

Training advice for those involved in designing and delivering training courses for journalists and media managers, often referred to as TOT.

The qualities required for media training

Training of Trainers

Evaluating the impact of training

Training of Trainers

International media training

Those invited to help the media overseas need to ensure that the training they offer is continually refreshed in order to stay relevant and useful.

Training needs assessment

Thorough research is the essential if you are to deliver high-impact media training. Never accept a brief from media managers without question - they could be wrong and often are.

The ‘optimism index’ for media trainers

The 'Optimism Index' is a tool designed for trainers of group journalism sessions to gauge and ultimately improve the participants' hope for the future.

Evaluating the impact of training

The evaluation process at the end of a media training session begins the moment you are engaged by the media organisation you are being asked to help because this is when you know the expectations and deliverables.

Media training requirements

For international media training to be successful, tried, tested and proven case studies from a similar region are needed.

What it takes to be a media trainer

Media trainers must have recent, valid experience of all they teach. They will not earn the respect of course participants if they can't relate to the issues they face.