Naivasha Retreat for 20 Kenyan Sub-Editors

Journalism Training

As part of the IWPR/Wayamo project “Generating demand for accountability: A critical reporting and media monitoring project in Kenya”,Institute for War and Peace Reporting, the Wayamo  Foundation and the Kenya Editors Guild joined forces to organise several trainings for a select group of sub-editors, editors and reporters in the run-up to the elections in March 2013.

While most journalists in Kenya are aware of their crucial role in the forthcoming elections, they frequently lack a good understanding about the practical steps they can take in their profession to channel conflict away from violence. This workshop demonstrated conflict sensitive approaches in the reporting on polarising issues.

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