HANDBOOKS AND TOOLKITS

Handbook and toolkits related to journalism that Tom edited, authored or provided research for.
People between the lines: Handbook on migration for journalists (2020)
Tom was a methodological consultant and reviewed the handbook before publications for People in Need.

Download the full handbook here.
From page 9 of the handbook:

The handbook is divided into three parts that approach migration from different perspectives:

Chapters 1 and 2 present the theoretical background necessary to understand the topic of this hand-book. We try to answer the questions ‘how is the image of migration in media created?’ and ‘what impact it has on who we are?’

Chapter 3 discusses the phenomenon of migration in more depth. It presents important concepts, hard facts and softer information.

Chapter 4 moves from theory to more practical matters introducing the circumstances of writing about migration in Europe, sometimes in comparison with the situation in the Czechia, Slovakia, Estonia, and other countries.

At the end, we offer a popular practical topic. These chapters are called In the Field and Working with data sources and in it you’ll find practical tips and methods used by journalists.

How to use this handbook?

This handbook (and its educational approach) is based on the Evocation, Realization of Meaning, Reflection (E-R-R) framework. That means we use three phases. First, we try to evoke an idea about a given topic.

Then we support this idea with facts and clearly defined terms to achieve a realization of meaning. In the reflection phase, we relate the gained knowledge to ourselves and try to identify our connection to the topic and how we can react to it in a premeditated and informed manner.

This method was not chosen at random. Its purpose is to help you better fathom the following chap-ters’ content so that you get the most out of this handbook.

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Online toolkit on media and migration (EUFRA, 2019)

While at the Ethical Journalism Network Tom worked with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) to develop an online resource for journalists reporting on migration.

The toolkit can be accessed here: http://e-learning.fra.europa.eu

The following is taken from the EJN press release:

The online e-Media Toolkit provides first-hand assistance to media professionals with learning resources, training courses, and opportunities to share and interact in three sections:

1. Learning: allows users to take courses in which journalists or editors of leading media outlets share their real-life newsroom dilemmas of reporting on migration.

2. Training: provides material for media trainers to design their own courses.

3. Sharing: ethical journalism principles. allows users to interact with other users through forum discussions on fundamental rights.

Users can also propose new courses or download the news examples for further discussion among peers.

Drawing on input from leading media outlets like Agence France-Presse, Le Monde, The Guardian, Radio France International, France TV, the BBC, and the Financial Times, the toolkit offers wide-ranging guidance on covering migration from different types of media.

This includes how to ethical reporting treating people fairly and with dignity, balancing accuracy, impartiality and humanity as well as the importance of context in providing balanced, impartial coverage.

FRA developed this toolkit together with the European Broadcasting Union and the Ethical Journalism Network with the support of the European Federation of Journalists. It builds on the popular 2008 Diversity Toolkit that FRA also developed in close partnership with the European Broadcasting Union.

Access the toolkit here: http://e-learning.fra.europa.eu

Journalism, 'Fake News' and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training (2018)

Tom provided additional research for the 2018 UNESCO publication, Journalism, 'Fake News' and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training.