Fojo Media Institute is Sweden’s leading centre for professional journalism training and international media development support, with a mission to strengthen free, independent and professional journalism. Fojo is an independent institute at the Linnæus University. The legal status is as a State authority (Non-profit Public Sector University) with special competence in media development.
Fojo Media Institute was founded in 1972 and has since 2011 been fully integrated with Linnæus University. The Institute has a special mandate to support free, independent, professional media, nationally and internationally. For more than 40 years, Fojo has been the foremost institute for mid-career training for Swedish journalists, and has since 1991 emerged as the top Swedish media development organisation working internationally. Over 24 years, Fojo has built capacity for 50,000 journalists from more than 100 countries and supported the establishment of journalism training institutions and media centres in a large number of countries.
Fojo is presently active in around 20 countries in Sub Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, South Asia and South East Asia. The views expressed and displayed in this report do not reflect the official opinion of the Swedish government, or any other institution or body of the Swedish government. The responsibility for the information and views set out in this report lies entirely with the Fojo Media Institute. Neither the Swedish government institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.
The reproduction of third- party textual or artistic material included in this report is prohibited without the copyright holder’s prior consent to further dissemination. The Fojo team that conducted the study consisted of Lars Tallert, Head of Programme and Development; Agneta Söderberg Jacobsson, Gender Expert; Johan Romare, former International Director; and Sara Karlén, Coordinator. Special gratitude to Hadra Ahmed, Freelance Journalist and Media Consultant in Addis Ababa, and Niguss Solomon, Computer Engineer in Addis Ababa, for assisting with logistic support, fact checking and thoughtful reflections.
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