The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), in collaboration with the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) will hold a workshop on Ethical Journalism in Abuja 1-2 March 2018.
The two-day event, themed, Journalism for Democracy in the Digital Age, will deliberate on ethical journalism and professionalism in the African media, said a statement by Shuaibu Usman Leman, NUJ’s National Secretary.
Leman said the programme would focus on raising awareness among media professionals on practical actions to take to combat corruption, hate and terrorism through the exercise of ethical journalism, good governance and respect for equality.
“The programme will aim at strengthening journalism and developing proposals for how journalism can become an inspiration for more responsible public communications across the African information landscape, using digital tools to strengthen respect for authors’ rights, core ethical principles and to combat hate-speech, propaganda and intolerance.
“There will be special focus on issues of gender based violence as well as self-regulation issues. The workshop will consider how ethical and quality journalism contributes to development and also discuss taking forward the Turning the Page of Hate in Africa campaign,” Leman said.
The programme, he added, also aims at encouraging public debates on how ethical journalism can encourage responsible free expression across the wider public information landscape.
Participants include media practitioners from all West African Countries and Nigeria. The event will be declared opened by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.
