Sport is a major field of media content production as well as coverage and an important area for building social cohesion. It is also a source of tensions between groups, communities, or even nations. An outcome of the MARS - Media Against Racism in Sport – programme should be that expression of diversity and non-discrimination are used by all sectors of the media as an ongoing angle for any form of media coverage. By applying this approach, it will lead to innovative modes of production of truly inclusive media contents which will/can contribute to foster mutual understanding.
To go towards achieving this outcome, the MARS programme is offering media professionals (journalism students and trainers, journalists, media managers, etc.) the opportunity to participate in European Media Work Exchanges.
What are European Media Work Exchanges ?
The MARS Media Work Exchanges are a unique opportunity for media professionals, and future ones, to widen the scope of their media practices and contact pools.
Media professionals will have the opportunity to host a media colleague/counterpart and be hosted themselves by a media related organisation in return (training organisations, media, self-regulatory and regulatory bodies, professional unions… ) to exchange professional experience and to produce together with the participating colleague, a common output (training exercises, media reports, case studies, etc.).
To help with the process, the Council of Europe will provide participants the financial and logistics support to travel and work with European Union colleagues in 10-day work exchanges
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MARS website!