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BGSU partners (left to right) Linda Dobb, Joe Frizado, Catherine Cassara, Laura Lengel, Monica Longmore, Kristie Foell and Bruce Edwards listen to their Tunisian counterparts speak about their goals for the journalism partnership.

BGSU faculty work with Tunisian colleagues to expand programs in journalism and media

BGSU faculty and administrators will be heading to Tunisia in March to begin the first phase of a project designed to improve the teaching of journalism in that country and the North African region.

Titled “Capacity Building for a Democratic Press: A Sustainable Partnership to Develop Media and Journalism Curricula in Tunisia,” the two-year project is a partnership between the U.S. and Tunisian governments, BGSU and the Institut de Presse et des Sciences de l’Information (Institute of Press and Information Sciences-IPSI) at the Université de la Manouba in Tunis. Also sharing resources and expertise are nearly 25 private-sector and non-governmental organizations.

The program will help IPSI faculty provide training to their journalism students, while exposing faculty and students at BGSU to another culture and its perspectives on modernization and development, said Dr. Laura Lengel, interpersonal communication, U.S. partnership co-director with Dr. Catherine Cassara, journalism.

On Feb. 11, project participants from both countries met via video conference for a “virtual handshake” to formally launch the joint project. Speaking on behalf of President Ribeau, Executive Vice President Linda Dobb told the Tunisian partners about Bowling Green’s commitment to organizing for engagement. “We usually engage locally, so this is a very exciting opportunity to engage internationally,” she told the group in Tunis.

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