There is growing academic scholarship on indigenous language media in Africa. The scholarship has mostly tended to focus on the content and political economy of indigenous language newspapers. The scholarship also suggests that much needs to be done in inculcating indigenous languages and indigenous language journalism in journalism education. Grounded in decoloniality, this article explores journalism training practices in selected institutions of higher learning in Zimbabwe. The intention is to unravel the absence or existence of training for indigenous journalism and perceptions of lecturers and attitudes of students towards indigenous language media and journalism. The article also seeks to establish whether there are any attempts to de-westernize journalism, media and communication studies. Methodologically, in-depth interviews were used to gather data from lecturers and students of journalism and media studies at colleges and universities in Zimbabwe. Findings show that the colleges surveyed do not offer any indigenous media journalism-specific modules or subjects. The lecturers, who include programme designers in some cases, have a low regard for indigenous language media. This, the article concludes, will have a knock-on effect on journalism students’ and journalists’ misgivings towards a career in indigenous language media.

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英语或土著语言媒体新闻培训：对津巴布韦新闻和媒体培训机构培训实践的非殖民主义批评

非洲土著语言媒体的学术研究越来越多。该奖学金主要倾向于关注土著语言报纸的内容和政治经济。该奖学金还表明，在新闻教育中灌输土著语言和土著语言新闻需要做很多工作。本文以非殖民主义为基础，探讨了津巴布韦选定高等教育机构的新闻培训实践。目的是揭示土著新闻培训的缺失或存在，以及讲师的看法以及学生对土著语言媒体和新闻的态度。这篇文章还试图确定是否有任何使新闻、媒体和传播研究去西方化的尝试。在方法论上，深入访谈被用来从津巴布韦高校新闻和媒体研究的讲师和学生那里收集数据。调查结果表明，接受调查的大学不提供任何本土媒体新闻专业的模块或科目。讲师，在某些情况下包括节目设计师，对土著语言媒体的重视程度较低。文章总结说，这将对新闻系学生和记者对土著语言媒体职业的疑虑产生连锁反应。对土著语言媒体的重视程度较低。文章总结说，这将对新闻系学生和记者对土著语言媒体职业的疑虑产生连锁反应。对土著语言媒体的重视程度较低。文章总结说，这将对新闻系学生和记者对土著语言媒体职业的疑虑产生连锁反应。