Nigeria: Equipping Journalists for Qualitative Election Reporting

24 November 2014

TO ensure that reporters and editors accord priority to professional standards, public and gender interests in reporting the 2015 elections, International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, with the support of the Democratic Governance for Development (DGD lll) Project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), organised a workshop on election reporting for journalists from the South Eastern States of Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, Abia and Anambra recently.

With twenty journalists in attendance, the workshop featured the following presentations: 'The Professional Imperative of Focusing on Issues and the Public', delivered by Mr. Gorge Izobo, former President, Nigeria Union of Journalists; 'The Principles and Essentials of Gender Factor in Reporting 2015 Elections' by Dr. Ifeoma Dunu, Mass Communication teacher and 'Understanding Conflict-Sensitive Journalism and the importance of Conflict Sensitivity in Reporting 2015 Elections/Safety in Conflict reporting' by Mr. Tunde Aremu, Media Development Specialist, Abuja, FCT.

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