learning pages

Learning tools and resources to imagine, understand and reflect the complexity of global migration.

photo made by Karol Grygoruk – Lesbos 2019

Learn more

1. Covering development

The world is more interconnected than ever before. Journalists have to adapt to meet this new reality – and global development journalism is the way.

2. Ethics

Development journalists cover issues and contexts far from their own, and they can more easily slip into using stereotypes, for granted assumptions, misinterpretations or use of unethical practice.

3. Global outlook

As our world is changing rapidly, journalism needs to adapt with an approach that connects seemingly unrelated stories from different contexts into a single coherent story.

4. Practice

The majority of the coverage on world events – migration and development included – takes place from behind a desk. Reporting from the ground is still desperately needed to boost engagement on these issues. This, however, means journalists have to acquire a set of new skills and perspectives to cope with the dilemmas and challenges of covering distant contexts.

5. Themes and topics

Despite recent controversies, migration has a long history. Human movement has always been a central strategy of adapting to environmental stress and social pressures. This chapter tries to shed light to this phenomenon.

Scroll to top