Women Radio Centre selects 21 journalists for investigative reporting training

The Women Radio Centre says it has selected 21 female journalists for the 2023 female investigative reporting training.

The Women Radio Centre is an initiative of Women Radio 91.7 FM — Nigeria’s only radio station for women and their families, with support from the MacArthur Foundation.

In a statement released on Sunday, Elizabeth Aboh, the communications officer for the centre, said the second edition of the residential training will address under-representation and under-reported issues surrounding women

Aboh said the goal is to raise the next generation of female investigative journalists and create a balance in the gender gap.

She said the journalists were shortlisted from 1,552 applications and would be coached by industry experts.

This year’s faculty includes Dapo Olorunyomi – publisher, Premium Times; Suleiman Yar’Adua, lecturer and researcher at Bayero University Kano (BUK); Busola Ajibola- deputy director of the journalism programme at the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID); Charles Mbah, program manager at Dataphyte; Silas Jonathan, researcher at DUBAWA Nigeria, and Toun Sonaiya, managing director Women Radio 91.7.