Planet Hero

We all know that Prague used to be a communist country in the past. But when things changed there were many things that needed to be upgraded. For the sake of developing journalism James L. Greenfield, who’s a member of The New York Times editorial board, and Donald M. Wilson, who’s the publisher of Business News – New Jersey, established Independent Journalism Foundation in 1991. They had the vision of introducing a new generation of journalists to the society and to abolish the communism ideology that has been there for a long time.

The Foundation’s first accomplishment was the inauguration of the Center for Independent Journalism (CIJ) in Prague followed by many other cities.

In Prague, this center offered training sessions for Czech journalists and reporters to develop their skills according to the field of their specialization, like news reporting and electronic media. The classes were in Czech or in English with Czech translation, and they divided into lectures, workshops, field works and discussion groups in order to increase the quality of learning. This quality was proven by the increasing number of young journalists requesting to join the center each year.

This had a great impact on the press in Prague. If you go through the newspapers there you’ll find some skilled journalists with interesting topics.