Training of Trainers

Our training of trainers (ToT) section provides essential guidance for journalism educators and training professionals. Develop effective teaching methods, curriculum design skills, assessment techniques, and adult learning approaches that create engaging, impactful training experiences for journalists at all career stages. All material is free to download, adapt and use. Scroll down our site map for all the content in this and other sections.

Training needs assessment

Tools

Tool: Gap analysis in media training

Training of Trainers

Designing a media training plan

Training in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Image shared via Creative Commons

Designing a media training plan

A well-designed media training plan could make the difference between the success and the failure of a media business.

Graphic for a Media Helping Media Training Tool

Tool: 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.

Slide by David Brewer released via Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Wanted, your media know-how

Have you got any journalism expertise that you are willing to share with others? If so, please get in touch.

Journalism training in Hanoi, Vietnam. Image by David Brewer shared via Creative Commons

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.

Tool: SMART objectives for media training

Those delivering media training need to focus on SMART objectives, which are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound.

Image by David Brewer released via Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Developing the potential of your staff

Media training is about investing in people - your staff. They are your most precious resource.

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.

Training in Nairobi, image by David Brewer shared via Creative Commons

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.