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Isabel Vega
Journalism trainee
“Pro Periodismo”
Bolivia


«The media have a great responsibility, especially when it comes to covering human rights abuses. But for this we need journalists with the necessary knowledge and skills. That’s what I’m learning in this traineeship, and that’s how I can help improve reporting standars in Bolivia».

Bolivia

«Pro Periodismo» is Latin America’s first
dual journalism  training program. Its innovative, hands-on, multimedia approach is attracting aspiring journalists who want to improve the quality of reporting in Bolivia.

Isabel Vega  receives  a cheerful welcome  as she enters the class— room  on  Monday   morning   wearing  a  colorful  scarf   wrapped around  tier head  to tame  her  hair.  She and  the  other  fourteen trainees  greet  each other and  exchange hugs, These are the first students taking part in a new multimedia journalism traineeship called “Pro Periodismo” that’s being conducted  at the journalism association  Fundación para el Periodismo (FPP) in La Paz. It’s the start of the fourth of nine practical seminar modules. This time the focus is on multimedia cultural reporting. The young jour-nalists simulate a radio editorial team and everyone has a role to play -as reporters, hosts creditor-in-chief.

They get down to work, intensively discussing potential topics for the program. “lt’s great working together because we all bring a different kind of work experience to the table.” save Vega. She herself has spent the last year working as a video editor for the Catholic news agency Fides. The Traineeship offers one-week practical seminars at the FPP where Bolivian and German lecturers cover topics such as data journalism, election reporting or political reporting. In between the modules, students return to their workplace and apply what they’ve just learned. “This is a new approach in the region as a whole – no other Latin American country offers a professional training program with a practical component like  this,»  says

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