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Bruce Girard <vikram!resystom@web.apc.org> writes:

> In case anyone had problems reading Thomas' message I am
> resending it in a uudecoded format.
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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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>      The attachment is written in Word Perfect 5.1, and the file name is
> c:\usr\docs\curricle
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> Replies may be sent to:
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> 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
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>                                            24 March 1995
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> Schools of Journalism,          Schools of Agriculture,
> Press Associations,             Extension educators
> Research Organizations,
> Press Institutes
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>      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.
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>      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.
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>      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.
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>      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.
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>       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.
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>                                     Sincerely Yours;
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>                                     Thomas F. Pawlick
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> E-mail replies may be directed to: Thomas.Pawlick@FAO.org
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