International Institute for Journalism
International Institute for Journalism is a Berlin-based institution offering professional training to journalists from the Third World and "developing" countries.
According to the IIJ's website, the institution has been offering advanced training for newspaper and agency journalists from "developing, transitional and newly industrialised" countries since 1964. Since 2011, the IIJ is a competence centre in the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
The IIJ has a focus on following topics:
- Political and conflict sensitive reporting
- Economics and business journalism
- Climate change and environmental reporting
- Multimedia and online journalism
- Media ethics
- Media management.