Are you a journalist, fact-checker, OSINT investigator or public interest researcher and would like to share your skills and experience with others? Do you want to gain the skills and confidence to capture the attention of audiences at international conferences and educational events? This free online Training of Trainers will get you started with the art of facilitation and public speaking! We are calling for applications from journalists and other media professionals based in Europe who are interested in enhancing their training expertise and workshop design and development skills to deliver knowledge to peers, students, organisations, newsrooms, and other beneficiaries.
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Program duration: 30 April - 27 June 2024
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Application deadline: 18 April 2024 CET (Central European Time)
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Application form (Please read the full program details below before applying)
This program is open to participants from the following European regions: EU (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden), non-EU countries participating in the Creative Europe Programme (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Macedonia, Serbia). We welcome participants from Belarus, Russia, or Ukraine legally residing within the EU.
The Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative (CIJI) is offering a free online Training of Trainers (ToT) program for Europe-based journalists and other media professionals between 30 April and 27 June 2024. This ToT program will be co-hosted by four leading organisations in journalism, investigation and media & civil society support: Tactical Tech, Fundacja Reporterów, OBC Transeuropa, and Delfi, as part of CIJI.
CIJI is an EU-funded initiative carried out in partnership by Tactical Tech, Reporters Without Borders, Free Press Unlimited, Fundacja Reporterów, OBC Transeuropa, and Delfi. CIJI aims to strengthen the collaborative journalism ecosystem through training, resources, investigation and networking opportunities.
What is the Training of Trainers about?
This program will provide 45 Europe-based journalists and other media professionals with the skills, tools and confidence to turn their already acquired knowledge and experience into interactive, engaging workshops, talks and other learning events that can be adapted to any context, from international conference stages to thematic workshops or classrooms.
The program includes:
1.Interactive training-of-trainers sessions: a series of 8 training sessions of two hours each (see full program schedule below), designed to enhance your knowledge-sharing skills as well as:
- Fundamental adult learning and teaching techniques
- Audience needs assessment methods
- Training and presentation design skills
- Workshop facilitation and audience engagement tools
- Confident public speaking
- Active listening, evaluation and feedback processes for a successful knowledge-sharing experience.
2. Hands-on practice sessions to apply what you learn and:
- Plan your own skill / knowledge-sharing session (workshop, conference talk) on a topic of your choice and based on your own professional experience
- Gradually design and develop your session throughout the training, benefiting from peer feedback and expert ToT coaching
- Run your own designed session in a safe space, for an audience of peers and receive constructive feedback from your audience and ToT trainer.
3. Learning and training resources, peer-feedback sessions and coaching with a dedicated team of facilitators who will:
- Support you in your learning process and confidence building as a trainer / facilitator / speaker
- Mentor you and provide constant feedback to your progress and practical tasks
- Share valuable learning materials and tools you can use in your own training activities after this program
- Facilitate your networking and collaboration with like-minded participants.
Language:
- the sessions will be in English and require a good command of the language.
Trainer and facilitators:
- your Training of Trainers sessions will be provided by Brandon Oelofse (expert trainer with 10+ years of experience in ToT for journalists, co-founder of the Media Development Collective) and a team of experienced facilitators from Tactical Tech, Fundacja Reporterów, OBC Transeuropa, and Delfi.
Training Certificate:
- at the end of the ToT program, participants who attend at least 90% of the sessions (including the Practice sessions) will receive a Certificate of Training of Trainers Program Completion.
Training of Trainers agenda
The program will enroll 45 participants who will be placed in three separate training groups — each with its own session schedule - to allow for better interactivity and learning experience in smaller groups.
To accommodate a variety of time preferences and needs, we aim to divide participants into groups according to the schedule below. Each group will receive the same training but participants cannot move between groups.
You will be asked to sign up to one preferred time when you apply to this ToT program.
ToT Schedule: 30 April - 27 June 2024
You can also download a .pdf copy of this schedule here.
NOTE: This Training of Trainers program provides a free learning and collaboration opportunity, and we cannot provide stipends or grants for the time spent attending the online training sessions or practical activities.
Who is this program for?
Apply if you:
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Are a journalist, fact-checker, OSINT investigator or other media professional (freelance or affiliated to and independent media / newsrooms / NGOs, etc.) who wishes to develop their training and workshop design and facilitation skills to share knowledge with others.
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Are from or working in one of the following countries: EU (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden), non-EU countries participating in the Creative Europe Programme (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Macedonia, Serbia). We welcome participants from Belarus, Russia, or Ukraine legally residing within the EU.
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Have developed experience in journalism, investigation and research on issues of public interest and you are now interested in acquiring knowledge, skills and competencies to transfer your knowledge to others in your communities and networks. We welcome participants with diverse backgrounds, topic interests and experiences.
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Wish to connect and share knowledge with a network of experienced trainers, investigators and practitioners and meet like-minded peers.
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Have an interest in or work on local / regional / crossborder issues and have fewer opportunities to access cross-national collaboration and skill-sharing events.
What will I gain if I attend?
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Free access to state-of-the art Training of Trainers sessions, learning materials, and feedback to your own workshop design/facilitation practice.
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Thematic workshop curricula on investigation methods and safety from Tactical Tech and new resources you can use in your own post-program work and trainings.
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Networking and trust building with other participants and opportunities to start new collaborations across topics and borders.
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Access to our CIJI network of partners for possible further collaboration and networking.
The program also provides a Training Certificate to participants who attend at least 90% of the Training of Trainers sessions and complete the practical module.
How to apply?
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Apply to this Training of Trainers program by completing this APPLICATION FORM
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By: 18 April 2024 CET (midnight Central European Time)
Selection process
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We aim to bring together 45 participants (see application requirements in the above section “Who is this program for?)
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Applications will be evaluated and considered on a rolling basis, therefore we encourage you to apply early in the process as places might fill up by the deadline.
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All successful applicants will be informed by 19 April 2024.
Contact
You can reach out to us with questions about the application process or the project by writing to: eti@tacticaltech.org (GPG Key / fingerprint: BD30 C622 D030 FCF1 38EC C26D DD04 627E 1411 0C02).
The Training of Trainers is part of the CIJI project co-funded by the European Union.
Disclaimer:
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.