TOWARDS DEFINING “POTENTIAL CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE” IN AFRICAN JOURNALISM TRAINING1

Abstract

An era of intensified globalisation stimulates debates about the universality of models of journalism education, and the particularities of so-called developing countries. This paper describes one such instance as manifest in a project, under UNESCO auspices, to identify the journalism schools in Africa with the greatest potential to be “centres of excellence”. It analyses how the methodology for this endeavour drew from systems operated in the United States, United Kingdom and a number of French-speaking countries, but sought to develop the elements for a specifically African-centred application. The paper presents the development of particular criteria and indicators that constitute a home-grown and relatively legitimated system which can serve diverse purposes within African countries—and perhaps more widely as well.

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