The Internet Newspaper Ethics Committee, chaired by Lee Jae-jin and known as the “Inshin Yunwi,” said it held the first session of its “2026 Basic Training for New Internet Newspaper Reporters” over two days, from the 10th to the 11th, at the Korea Press Foundation’s Media Education Center. The program was attended by more than 20 new reporters from outlets that have pledged to take part in the committee’s voluntary self-review system.
The committee said the training was designed to help new reporters build core reporting and writing skills while strengthening ethics awareness and digital capabilities needed in a changing news environment. The course was jointly operated with the Korea Press Foundation.
The curriculum focused on practical skills, including straight-news writing theory and exercises, Korean spelling and dictionary use, suicide coverage and reporting ethics, internet media ethics and self-review cases, and the use of generative AI for reporting.
Park Young-rye, head of the committee’s article review office, led a lecture on internet media ethics and self-review using real review cases. Song Sang-geun, a professor with a special appointment at Ewha Womans University’s Journalism Education Institute, taught writing theory and hands-on practice. Training programs run in cooperation with the National Institute of the Korean Language and the Korea Suicide Prevention Center, along with instruction on using generative AI, were also included.
Participants were also required to complete the Korea Press Foundation Media Academy’s online course, “[言:believable] Practical Guidelines for Disaster Reporting,” before the end of the program, the committee said, making the training a comprehensive course that also covers disaster-reporting ethics.
An Inshin Yunwi official said the program was created to help new reporters systematically learn the basic qualifications of journalists and strengthen practical reporting skills. The official said the committee hopes the training will help participants grow into journalists trusted in the field and said it will continue regular education programs to promote a responsible media environment.
The committee said it plans to run the basic training course three times this year.
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