In a concerted effort to empower the media with ethical and professional training for the effective reporting of corruption cases and related offenses in Nigeria, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) is partnering with Journalists for Democratic Rights (JODER) to host a one-day seminar-workshop.
This workshop is designed for the benefit of 50 Nigerian journalists representing diverse media categories, with the aim of significantly reducing, if not entirely eradicating, the influence of politically exposed individuals hindering the media’s vital role as an anti-corruption watchdog,
Themed “Training on Ethics and Professionalism in the Coverage of Corruption Cases for Nigerian Journalists, Online Media Editors, and Bloggers,” the corruption reporting workshop seeks to imbue media practitioners with a heightened awareness of the adverse consequences of corruption. Its core objective is to elevate the quality of media training and foster a more robust ideological foundation for corruption reporting.
Olarenwaju Suraju, Chairman of HEDA, underscores the imperative nature of this training, particularly in the current climate where the media is viewed as the last bastion against politically exposed individuals engaged in corrupt practices. This training is envisioned to play a pivotal role in stabilizing the political and economic landscape by harnessing the potential of print, electronic, and social media to combat corruption effectively.
Similarly, Adewale Adeoye, the Executive Director of JODER, emphasizes the need for a well-structured anti-corruption network within the media industry and underscores the absence of a robust mechanism for following up on critical corruption cases. It is against this backdrop that these two organizations have come together to organize this timely and essential media training on corruption reporting for Nigerian journalists.