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Attached is a request for cooperation in research I am carrying out for the
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), aimed at setting up
training programs for agricultural and development journalists and
development communications specialists. The research will be conducted at
Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada, during the coming academic year. I'm
getting an early start now, while still at FAO headquarters in Rome.

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Replies may be sent to:

e-mail: Thomas.Pawlick@FAO.org
Fax: (396)5225.6167
snail mail: Thomas Pawlick
            c/o UN-FAO
            Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
            00100 Rome, Italy




                                           24 March 1995


Schools of Journalism,          Schools of Agriculture,
Press Associations,             Extension educators
Research Organizations,
Press Institutes




     The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) is interested in improving the relevance and efficiency
of rural print and broadcast communications media in Third
World and former East Bloc countries, in order to make better
use of these media as vehicles for fostering social and
agricultural development and food security.

     As Chief Editor of the FAO's flagship publication, Ceres
magazine, I've been authorized to spend the academic year
1995-96 researching the curriculae of various teaching
institutions and press associations, and to explore the
possibility of establishing cooperative programs with them for
training professional journalists in the techniques of
agricultural reporting and development communication.

     Any organizations or individuals engaged in such training
programs are invited to reply, explaining whether:
     -- your institution or group offers training courses for
Third World or former East Bloc journalists;
     -- how these might be relevant to rural concerns;
     -- what educational philosophy animates these programs;
     -- what kind of follow-up they employ to evaluate the
effects of courses;
     -- who should be contacted for discussions as to possible
future cooperative efforts with FAO.

     The goal of my research is to develop a variety of
training programs for journalists which will a) sensitize them
to the importance of rural issues; b) train them in the kinds
of participatory information gathering techniques that permit
rural people to find a voice through their local media; c)
inculcate in them a respect for the value of free inquiry and
balanced news coverage; d) raise the technical level of their
information gathering and writing skills, especially science
writing; e) help them develop methods for overcoming the
obstacles to communication in their home countries; f) learn
from them about conditions in their respective countries and
the strategies they have employed to cope with them, in order
to impart this experience to others.

      A number international agencies, including the
International Council for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF),
the West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA), and the
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA),
are also interested in training communicators in developing
countries, and have instituted some specialized training
programs for science writers. I'd to like work with others to
build on such efforts and expand them to include a wider
spectrum of the print and broadcast media.

     Any details respondents can provide about existing
programs will be appreciated.


                                    Sincerely Yours;


                                    Thomas F. Pawlick


E-mail replies may be directed to: Thomas.Pawlick@FAO.org