ZNU Press Centre News

Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU, Zaporizhzhia National University) became a member of the European Journalism Training Association for a year. This decision was made by the EJTA Supervisory Board at its May meeting.

As it is known, Zaporizhzhia national university recently has won an EU grant in the ERASMUS + program for improving journalistic education.  The organizers of this project have shared the detailed information on the plans for implementing their educational ideas.The official title of this project is «Journalism Education for Democracy in Ukraine: Developing Standards, Integrity and Professionalism».  That is why, in addition to universities, you can see professional organizations such as the Ethical Journalism Network (UK), the European Journalism Training Association (Netherlands), WUS (World University Service, Austria) and Public Radio (Ukraine) within the consortium. Our partners are also Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Students Association.

The representative of the working group from ZNU Associate Professor Katerina Sirinyok-Dolgaryova noted that an official title of the project is Journalism Education for Democracy in Ukraine: Developing Standards, Integrity and Professionalism. The total amount of the grant for the consortium (10 Ukrainian universities and 3 European ones in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and 4 EU NGOs and 2 Ukrainian NGOs including the Ukrainian Students' Association) is almost 800 thousand euros (798,470 - approved budget). The project implementation period is November 15, 2018-November 15, 2021.