Project Title

Journalism for Sustainable Development: Tools and Techniques for Effective Environmental Reporting

Sponsor/Donor

Tethyan Copper Company Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. - TCC

Client

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Implementation Partners

LEAD Pakistan

Starting Date

17^th July 2010

Project Duration

03 days

Project Focus & Outreach

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Project Objectives

At the end of the training the participants will be able to:

• Understand challenges associated with environment and sustainable development in general and Baluchistan in particular;
• Understand status of environmental journalism in the country;
• Learn tools and techniques required for effective and accurate environmental reporting for mass awareness.

Project Brief

Accurate and precise reporting can do wonders especially in the areas where environmental issues and problems are always sacrificed in the name of development or other priorities like culture and politics. Baluchistan, being area wise the biggest province of our country, enriched with natural reserves and sources has always been deprived of commitment from media that could portray and advocate the existing environmental dilemmas of the province among the masses within the province and in the country. Result of this neglect is that the mineral rich and resources abundant province lacks ownership from concerned stakeholders and public on these issues. The workshop has been designed to build the capacities of a group of journalists from within the province who are involved in environmental reporting or have no prior experience in environmental writing/ reporting. The workshop will enlighten and expose the group with tools and techniques essentially needed for accurate and efficient environmental reporting. This can even initiate and promote environment lobby that could be helpful in conserving the natural reserves of the province.

Project Targets:

The participants of the workshop will be environmental journalists from different media houses. They will be from English, Urdu and local print and electronic media having some or no prior experience in environmental reporting.

Project Location:

Sindh, Balochistan and Islamabad