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Ambassasdor Allen (center) with Nigerien Ministers of Communication (left) and Culture (right)
Embassy sponsors training for Journalists on Media and Conflict
From January 29-31, 2008, the U.S. Embassy, in collaboration with the Association of Nigerien journalists (AJN), organized a 3-day training conference on: “Media and Conflict: Approaches and Strategies in News Processing” in Niamey. About 75 journalists from state-run and private media from throughout Niger participated in the conference workshops. U.S. Ambassador Bernadette M. Allen and Nigerien Minister of Communication Mohamed Ben Omar both addressed the group during the opening ceremony.
The training modules focused on genres of journalism in the print and audiovisual press; journalism and the law; the causes of conflict in Niger; the approaches and strategies for the management and prevention of conflicts; and the role of the media in preventing conflicts and during periods of conflict. Sessions also included the historical and sociopolitical development of the press in Niger from military rule to democratization, the multiparty system, and the liberalization of the media.
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Participants at U.S. Embassy-sponsored conference on The Media and Conflict |
