Published: 4 April 2016
Country: Macedonia
The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) has joined the School of Journalism and Public Relations (SJPR), one of the most prominent higher education institutions in Macedonia, in their efforts to establish a coalition of media and civil society organisations. The Macedonian Media and Information Literacy Coalition (MAMIL) has a goal of promoting Media and Information Literacy (MIL) in Macedonia, in order to empower citizens to become active participants in the public sphere and a policy-making process, and reinforce the watchdog role of the media in Macedonia.
The specific objectives of the project “Media Literacy in the Age of News Overabundance: Macedonian Coalition of Media and Information Literacy” is to raise awareness about the importance of MIL as a prerequisite for participatory democracy and pluralism, create a coalition of media, CSOs, and citizens for promoting MIL, empower citizens and civil society with MIL skills and knowledge as a precondition for active citizenry and introduce public journalism by creating meaningful and diverse news content as imperative for achieving media pluralism, diversification of sources and human-oriented stories.
MDI and SJPR have worked together since 1999 on numerous projects in Macedonia and in the region.
Within the new 36-months project, SJPR in partnership with Nova Makedonija daily will publish monthly high school newspaper Medium. The content will be produced by pupils in high schools, journalism school-clubs and SJPR’s students.
Other activities include organising the Media Literacy Camp for 30 students, trainings, workshops, roundtables and the conference to present results of the CSOs – media outlets partnership, as well as the conference to present findings of a research on MIL practices in Macedonia, particularly in secondary education.
