Georgian journalists incorporate game-based learning amid press freedom interference
Georgian journalists incorporate game-based learning amid press freedom interference
Georgian journalists incorporate game-based learning amid press freedom interference
By Jamaija Rhoades
June 20, 2023
Summary
The BBC, for one, launched iReporter in 2018 to teach media literacy skills, and Yle News Lab in Finland designed a game to demonstrate to users how false information spreads via social media.
In May, ICFJ brought two Georgian journalists from the news outlet, Mtavari Channel - Tato Gurgenidze, a cameraman with 14 years of experience, and Tea Adeishvili, a TV journalist on the weekly "Post Factum" program, and host of a daily talk show - on a tour of the U.S. for training on game-based learning and animation.
Despite moving up 12 spots in Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index to 77 this year, journalists in the country continue to face threats and censorship.
During tour stops in Washington, D.C., Boston and New York City, Gurgenidze and Adeishvili interviewed academics and students about the educational games they've created to better understand the opportunities that accompany learning through the use of games.
The two journalists will produce news segments on what they learned about game-based learning and animation for Mtavari Channel later this summer.
For the last six or seven years, I've worked on analytical and political stories [and] for the last three years, I've covered daily news issues and anchored a daily political news program.
With the government labeling independent media as "Fake news" and traitors, does that influence how much audience engagement you get?
Reference
Rhoades, J. (2023, June 20). Georgian journalists incorporate game-based learning amid press freedom interference. International Journalists’ Network. https://ijnet.org/en/story/georgian-journalists-incorporate-game-based-learning-amid-press-freedom-interference