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Traditional media may be declining in much of the rich world, but in poor countries it isbooming. The growth in private media in developing countries has spurred much of the demand, ashas new technology. That is stoking journalism training in far-flung places, in many shapes andsizes. They range from full degree programs to the short-term specialist training offered widelyacross Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Groups offering such courses include the BBC WorldService Trust, the Reuters and Thomas Foundations, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting(IWPR) and Internews Network, a media-development charity based in America.These days the donors are particularly interested in niches, such as investigative reporting and6science writing. But that approach sometimes flops. The need for basic reporting skills is stillcentral. Trainers stress the need for flexibility. Participants in the courses praise the results, whilecomplaining about the lack of focus and coordination among some providers. Shapi Shacinda, theReuters correspondent in Zambia and chairman of the press club in the capital. Lusaka, says thatforeign-backed training in business and economic reporting has helped bring more skepticalcoverage. Previously, news stories used to be taken straight from officials’ statements, he says.But governments are harder to teach. Encouraging students to probe sensitive topics maythreaten their lives or livelihoods. An Iraqi journalist trained by and working with the IWPR wasshot dead earlier this year. Just this week. Zambia’s minister of information asserted that state-runmedia should not criticize the government. In Russia, an organization founded by Internews has beenclosed by the authorities. who were apparently suspicious of its American backing. Rich-countrygovernments can be a problem, too. Some try to influence the “messages” that trainers deliver, forexample by insisting that their diplomats talk to classes on a regular basis. The big training groupsinsist that they control their own content. Blurring the boundaries can be dangerous both forjournalists and the programs that support them, he notes. But others may be less choosy.More is not always better. Quality varies wildly. Places like Bangladesh and Rwanda have beenshowered with training in recent years. Gratitude is mixed with the wish for better coordination.David Okwemba of Kenya’s The Nation newspaper, who also helps train journalists, bemoansoverlap between courses and providers’ failure to share information.Some courses aspire loftily to build democratic societies through a free press. The BCC Trustsays it aims to give a say to the common man by holding institutions—public and private—toaccount. Such a range of goals makes measuring results difficult. Teaching how to point a camera orwrite a news story may be easy compared to raising awareness of broader issues such as HIV/AIDS.Many old news hands scoff at the notion of formal journalism education. A well-stocked andinquiring mind plus sharp penmanship are the main assets, they reckon. But even the most grizzledveterans of rich-world journalism still seem glad to earn extra money tutoring tyros in poorcountries.
42. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason why traditional media is booming in poorcountries?
(A) The private media is developing at a fast pace.
(B) The new technology provides technical foundation.
(C) The demand for traditional media has been in steady increase.
(D) There are many journalism trainings in various shapes and sizes.

參考答案

答案：D
難度：適中0.470588
統計：A(2),B(2),C(4),D(8),E(0)

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