Survey: HIV and AIDS teaching in South African journalism schools

The African Democracy Institute (Idasa) has completed an assessment on how HIV and AIDS, as well as other development issues, are featured in journalism curricula at four academic institutions in South Africa. Commissioned by UNESCO and implemented by Idasa’s Governance and AIDS Programme (Idasa-GAP), the assessment explored the way in which journalism teaching prepares students for covering development challenges like HIV and AIDS.

The survey concludes with a number of recommendations. One is probably universal, but rather sad: “Journalism education should be more deliberate in its efforts to make students care about the world and its problems.” More info on the UNESCO website, or read the full report here (pdf, 1.9 MB).