East Africa: Building resilience through stress and trauma education

When news breaks, journalists are often the first to witness distress, conflict, and tragedy yet the psychological dimensions of their work remain underexplored in journalism education. To address this gap, Fojo Media Institute, through a EU funded global consortium called AGILE, has launched a new initiative to co-design new extracurricular courses focused on stress and trauma in journalism education across Africa and beyond. 

AGILE unites leading organisations in journalism and media development, including Fojo Media, CFI Développement Médias, Thomson Media, ARTICLE 19 and Internews Europe, which is the lead on the pilot project. Running until 2028, the programme is designed to strengthen journalism worldwide by highlighting tools, innovations, and sustainable practices that support media development. The initiative also has grants and mentoring opportunities connected to each course.

Read Kemiso's full article on the Fojo website: https://fojo.se/en/building-resilience-stress-and-trauma-education-for-african-journalism-schools/