Training MISA continued to provide journalists with training to improve their skills and the quality of journalism in the region. The Botswana Development Corporation (BDC), in conjunction with MISA Botswana and the Southern Africa Institute for Media Entrepreneurship and Development (SAIMED), ran a workshop in Gaborone for both the electronic and print media on business journalism with an emphasis on budget reporting and simplifying business jargon. Already in the 2007 budget coverage there was a noted improvement in financial reporting in both the print and electronic media. MISA, in conjunction with the Public Section Department of the United States Embassy in Gaborone, ran a workshop on photography with the help of American photographer Professor Keith Kenney. Kenney shared with participants how they could sell their works internationally and challenged them to change perceptions on the way they took pictures. In October 2006, MISA Lesotho conducted a UNICEF-sponsored media training on how to report on issues affecting children. This was partly necessitated by a public outcry about the inadequate portrayal of minors in the media, particularly the print media. In May 2006, 30 media practitioners from across Mozambique attended a course on economic journalism, in partnership with the National Union of Journalists (SNJ), the Mozambique Science and Technology College (ISCTEM) and the Mercantile Bank. Towards the end of the year, MISA Mozambique, in partnership with the London-based PANOS Institute, hosted a training seminar on interview methodologies focusing on poverty. The training course brought together a number of journalists and NGOs involved in poverty alleviation in Mozambique. MISA Swaziland held three training workshops for journalists. In August 2006 the chapter, in partnership with the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ), facilitated two workshops for 15 Swazi journalists in South Africa. The journalists, representing all the media houses in the country, received economic reporting and newsroom training. These were followed by another workshop focussing on reporting on issues of children. More than 25 journalists attended this workshop, which was funded by UNICEF. In July 2006 MISA Swaziland and the IAJ launched the Centre for Journalism Excellence, which will compliment the work done by the University of Swaziland by working with schools and in-service practitioners to ensure that there is holistic education and training of media personnel. The establishment of the school followed a series of consultative meetings with stakeholders who tasked MISA Swaziland to co-ordinate the centre. In Tanzania, MISA trained 80 journalists at national and district levels in investigative reporting, and in-depth and long-term research reporting using public and private information sources, including financial information and the national budget. The journalists have started submitting their investigative reporting proposals for financial support under the Investigative Journalism Training on Corruption and Good Governance project implemented by MISA and PACT-Tanzania. PACT facilitates leadership and organisational development for both nascent and established NGOs, networks and intermediary organisations around the world. Some of the Tanzanian journalists who were trained have started exposing corruption scandals at local government level, which has led to the resignation of a number of leaders. Annual Report 2007 43