Radijojo’s Media Academy is designed to train adults with an interest in radio production, non governmental social work, web based learning as well as challenges and chances to be summarized under the title “digitalisation”. Our focus lies on content driven media production and the development of useful tools for adults to train children to learn about media and media production in absence of commercial interests as a main competence of our century. Furthermore children are encouraged to interact with children of other cultural backgrounds and by doing so to acquire social and intercultural competences. Radijojo promotes especially children with difficult backgrounds such as migrational or educational handicaps, to support children in participating actively in our society. Our media academy aims to transport the mentioned values of non-commercial media production with a focus on Radio and Internet channels with reflecting new developments such as web 2.0, radio 2.0 or Learning 3.0.
In December 2009 the Academy hosted the workshop “Strengthening Civil Rights and European CitiZenship: Radio Production for Kids and Young People as a Choice for adults”. This workshop was made possible with the support of the European Union and the National Agency of education in Germany with regards to the GRUNDTVIG programme.
The workshop highlighted many aspects and facets of making radio with and for kids, the challenges community radio and open channels face in Europe, introduced the participants to workflow management in Radio production, discussed different social and cultural elements of media content for children with respect to European Citizenship and civil rights in a cross-generational dialogue. The workshop concluded successfully with a produced 60 minutes radio show (LINK) and preparations for building a new Pan-European network of media for the youth and children all over Europe.