Supporting Quality Journalism through Training and Capacity Building in Media Literacy in Lithuania

Abstract

„Supporting Quality Journalism through Training and Capacity Building in Media Literacy in Lithuania” is a part of the Media Literacy in the Baltics Program by IREX, which is addressing existing challenges and needs of media and information literacy (MIL) and citizenship education in Lithuania. The main aims of the project are as follow: (1) Raising of the heightened public awareness on the complexity and multiplicity of challenges and threats that media and quality professional journalism are facing in contemporary society; (2) Providing the holistic approach to MIL competences training by educating different groups of citizens how to (a) discover and detect misinformation and disinformation, (b) how to assess (professional) journalistic content and apply verification techniques and strategies, and (c) how to measure and analyze audiences reactions and effects of misinformation; (3) Effectiveness, knowledge and capacity building in the Baltic region to meet the emerging needs for education of an informed electorate. The Department of Public Communications at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy at VMU is the core responsible institution for the implementation and supervision of the project.