Media Helping Media (MHM) currently has more than 300 free training resources available to download, adapt, and use.
All the material has been donated by experienced journalists who want to spread the standards and values of accurate, impartial and ethical journalism.
Whether you are a young journalist starting off in your career, an established journalist wanting to improve your skills, a journalism trainer delivering training to your colleagues, or a manager running a news operation, the material on MHM might be of use to you.
1: Trainers and lecturers
We have tailored the content on MHM to try to meet specific needs.
- Workshops: These have been designed so that trainers can deliver two-hour or four-hour sessions. They are for those who have limited time available but who want to understand the basic concepts of journalism. Visit our Workshop Section.
- Lessons: Our day-long lesson plans are for journalism trainers to adapt to their own particular newsroom needs. They are designed for those who require a more complete understanding of the issues covered. Visit our Lessons Section.
- Modules: The modules are designed to be six-weeks long and incorporate several areas of journalism. The have been created so that trainers can choose and adapt in order to create a complete course. Visit our Modules Section.
- Refreshers: The refreshers are day-long summaries of the longer six-week modules. The aim is to offer trainers material which can be adapted to address specific local training needs. Visit our Refreshers Section.
It’s important that all those using the workshops, lessons, modules, and refreshers read and understand the related material published on MHM before adapting the content to meet their own local situation.
2: Those new to journalism
Our basic journalism section contains more than 50 articles which are designed to be used as personal learning tools.
This could be useful if you are a journalism student or have just started as a journalist and want to improve your skills.
Those starting off in journalism should also familiarise themselves with our 10 articles on editorial ethics, which include topics such as accuracy and integrity.
3: Established journalists
For senior journalists we have more than 50 articles covering advanced journalism.
There are also 10 articles on investigative journalism, and more than 20 editorial scenarios which are based on real-life ethical dilemmas.
4: Media managers
Our media management section has more than a dozen articles covering topics such as how to implement newsroom convergence and how to set up a digital first strategy.
We have a strategy section with more than 20 articles covering topics such as setting up a sales strategy and the value of audience research.
All the material shared on MHM has been used in some form or another in the training of journalists and media managers around the world.
If you want to scroll through a list of all the material on MHM visit our site map.
Everything published on MHM is free to use under the terms of Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.