The
Latin American Journalism Program
 This
professional training program operated by the
International Media Center organized more than
500 seminars, workshops and other training activities
for 6,838 participants with more than 60,000 training
days. The program —the largest professional
development program ever undertaken in Latin American
journalism— encouraged journalists, journalism
educators and media owners to make a critical
examination of the role of a free and independent
press. For eight years the program published the
widest-read journalism review in the Spanish language,
Pulso del periodismo. The magazine circulated
among journalists and educators in Latin America
and the United States. Pulso —now available
only on the Internet— carries articles on
journalists and news media. There is a heavy emphasis
on articles dealing with press freedom issues.
Program
Benefits
The International Media Center and its Latin American
Journalism Program benefit the democracies of
the modern world through the professional development
of journalists working on local and national news
outlets. Those who participate in the program
acquire a better understanding of the role of
the free press in democratic societies. The program
foments a critical examination of the profession
by providing journalists, owners and educators
opportunities to exchange experiences and to reflect
on their work, their ethics and their responsibilities
toward society. An additional, but no less important,
benefit is an intellectual exchange among journalists
of the region who may hold different, or even
antagonistic, points of view.
The journalists themselves have identified this
opportunity to learn from and work with colleagues
from other countries as one of the program's most
important benefits. There is a heavy emphasis
on ethics throughout the program.
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