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.

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

Training needs assessment

Tool : Training timetable planner

Graphic for a Media Helping Media Training Tool

Tool: Learning management systems

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.

Tool: Training of Trainers (ToT)

Training of Trainers (ToT) courses are designed to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge needed to train others.

Tool: Gap analysis in media training

'Gap analysis' is an essential part of any 'training of trainers' (ToT) programme because it helps identify the specific needs of participants.

The MHM public service journalism curriculum

The following curriculum is designed for journalists who want to improve their skills, and for journalism trainers to adapt and use.

Training in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Image by David Brewer shared via Creative Commons

Improving media assistance

Media assistance is a two-way process in which providers have as much to learn as they have to give, according to those on the receiving end.

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.

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.

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.