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A German Organisation, Taz Panter Foundation, with support from the German Foreign Office, has begun a workshop for African journalists from 16 countries.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop which started on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, will run through February 2022.
Participants were selected from 16 African countries including Algeria, Angola, Cameron, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morrocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Ugandan, and Zimbabwe.
Speaking at the opening session of the workshop on Wednesday, the Culture Editor at Taz, Mr Ole Schulz, who spoke via Zoom from Berlin, said that the workshop with the theme: “Access: Connecting In Times of Pandemic’’ was to strengthen collaborations among African Journalists.
He explained that the first part of the workshop consists of a series of 12 webinars, whereby speakers from the European Science Institution, Non-Governmental Organisations and activists would anchor.
According to him, the objective of the workshop is to improve the network among journalists, strengthen their skills and insights in globally relevant events.
Also speaking, the Editor of Taz, Mr Christian Jakob, urged participants to write on any issue on topics discussed at the webinar.
He said that participants would at end of the first part of the workshop in December 2021, produce a magazine that would be published in German and on an online version in English.
He added that the second part of the workshop would be a face-to-face conference in Berlin, from Feb. 6 to Feb. 13, 2022.
One of the participants from Kenya, Ms. Ann Ngengere, expressed optimism that the workshop would deepen her knowledge, and improve her skills as a fact-checker.
Also a development journalist from Nigeria, Miss Khadija Bawas said that the workshop would widen her scope on topics related to gender issues and reproductive health.
NAN reports that topics for the workshop include COVID-19 and Global South, Gender, Investigative Reporting, Digital Security, and Migration.
Other topics include Fake News and misinformation, Hate Speech and Social Media, Corruption and Social Change.
The Taz Panter Foundation is closely linked to Taz, die tageszeitung, an independent daily German Newspaper. (NAN)
– April 29, 2021 @ 08:43 GMT
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