2004 Gender in Entry Level Journalism

The first group of Polytechnic of Namibia (PON) Journalism students graduated at the end of 2004. As far as we are aware, they are the first group of students in Southern Africa, possibly even in the world, to have undergone a media training course in which gender has been systematically integrated into most aspects of their learning over a three year period. Will they be the better for it? Will the training influence what they write and what they produce? Will it help to redress the gender imbalances and insensitivities in the mainstream media?