Media Helping Media (MHM) currently has almost 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
The 60+ lessons and 20+ modules are for trainers and lecturers to adapt for their own particular training needs.
The lessons are outlines for half-day or day-long courses about a topic which has been covered in an article on MHM.
The modules are outlines for six-week courses and contain links to background reading material on MHM.
It’s important that all those using the lessons or module outlines read and understand the related material on published on MHM and then adapt the courses to reflect their own local and cultural 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 includes 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.
Everything published on MHM is free to use under the terms of Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.