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Media Centre citizen journalism training reaches Kwekwe
19 Apr 2018 at 15:53hrs | Views
Media Centre today embarked on yet another milestone training workshop, this time in the Midlands city of Kwekwe, in their drive to equip citizen journalists with the necessary skills required to conduct ethical and unbiased media monitoring and election reporting in the oncoming harmonised elections.
The move by Media Centre is a welcome move as the media pays an important role marking a different trajectory in the way elections in Zimbabwe have been viewed before the new government came into power.
There is need for the government and stakeholders to protect the right of citizens to vote in the harmonised elections and these are some of the issues that became prominent in the training workshops.
The training workshop was focusing on ethical reporting, dealing with fake news and reporting on electoral malpractices ahead of the forthcoming general election.
This is also an imperative drive in combating the advent of fake news that has become a problem in the age of information communication technology in Zimbabwe and the world over.
Fake news has become a contentious issue in this day and age where journalism ethics and principles have time and again been breached as there in some cases has been no verification of facts prior to reporting on issues in society.
Citizen journalists trainer Paidamoyo Muzulu reiterated the need for citizen journalists to make use of social media to unpack electoral misconduct and mobilize, recruit and encourage others to take part in citizen journalism.
In an interview in March this year, a representative of the organisation Mr Stanford Nyatsanza said the workshop would result in capacitating citizen journalist in bringing out more election related stories.
"We are most likely to have more stories that are going to be developed and published aimed at electoral matters as we head towards 2018 harmonized elections. The workshops are mainly targeted at reporting electoral matters from a citizen's perspective."
This move would be a noble one since it will be tackling electoral issues from citizen's perspectives.
The training workshop was also focusing on how citizen journalists can unpack electoral misconduct in issues relating to victimization of the electorate and electoral malpractices.
The workshop is one of many conducted in Zimbabwe and was attended by citizen journalists from the Midlands province.
The move by Media Centre is a welcome move as the media pays an important role marking a different trajectory in the way elections in Zimbabwe have been viewed before the new government came into power.
There is need for the government and stakeholders to protect the right of citizens to vote in the harmonised elections and these are some of the issues that became prominent in the training workshops.
The training workshop was focusing on ethical reporting, dealing with fake news and reporting on electoral malpractices ahead of the forthcoming general election.
This is also an imperative drive in combating the advent of fake news that has become a problem in the age of information communication technology in Zimbabwe and the world over.
Fake news has become a contentious issue in this day and age where journalism ethics and principles have time and again been breached as there in some cases has been no verification of facts prior to reporting on issues in society.
Citizen journalists trainer Paidamoyo Muzulu reiterated the need for citizen journalists to make use of social media to unpack electoral misconduct and mobilize, recruit and encourage others to take part in citizen journalism.
In an interview in March this year, a representative of the organisation Mr Stanford Nyatsanza said the workshop would result in capacitating citizen journalist in bringing out more election related stories.
"We are most likely to have more stories that are going to be developed and published aimed at electoral matters as we head towards 2018 harmonized elections. The workshops are mainly targeted at reporting electoral matters from a citizen's perspective."
This move would be a noble one since it will be tackling electoral issues from citizen's perspectives.
The training workshop was also focusing on how citizen journalists can unpack electoral misconduct in issues relating to victimization of the electorate and electoral malpractices.
The workshop is one of many conducted in Zimbabwe and was attended by citizen journalists from the Midlands province.
Source - Media Centre
