CJID trains journalists, researchers on climate change reporting

The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), a non-governmental organisation, has organised a three-day training session for journalists and researchers on reporting climate change.

The three-day training was held from August 15 to 17 in Ikeja, Lagos.

The training, which was organised with funding support from the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ), London, is a prelude to the second phase of the climate change media fellowship.

Daniel Whyte, the project coordinator, said the training was critical to enable journalists and researchers to access quality information to drive climate change conversation in Nigeria.

“Through this fellowship, we aim to improve the skills and capacity of journalists and more importantly improve the quality of conversations on climate change in the country,” Whyte said.

“This is the first in the series of training sessions that CJID has planned. There are two more planned for participants in other Anglophone West African countries.

“We are excited about the outcome of this initial training and strongly believe this project will engender insightful discussions on climate change in the lead up to COP27 which will be held in Egypt later this year.”

On his part, Adeolu Adekola, project manager at CIJD, said the training will enable journalists and researchers to report meaningful stories on climate change-related issues.

Also, Tobi Oluwatobi, executive director of CJID, said the organisation is looking forward to seeing the agenda-setting work of the trained journalists ahead of COP27 in Egypt.

One of the participants, Temitope Bademosi, a journalist with TVC, said the training was a wake-up call on the role of journalists in amplifying climate issues.