The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has concluded its in-person immersive training of selected Nigerian journalists on religious extremism reporting.
The training workshop tagged “In the Name of Religion” was held between the 1st and 3rd of February in the commercial nerve of Nigeria, Lagos State.
The in-person training workshop is part of ICFJ’s series of online workshops and in-person training serving a total of 72 journalists in Nigeria and Sudan.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports ICFJ enlisted Code for Africa (C4A), the continent’s civic technology pioneer for the training in Nigeria.
Recall that the ICFJ had incubated C4A within its flagship program, the ICFJ Knight Fellowships.
Participating journalists during the training were taken through the principles of religious freedom and the use of open data and digital tools in reporting on religious extremism.
Journalists were also taken through the tenets of solutions, peace and data journalism, and also the traps in traditional journalism.
The training was facilitated by Mr Lekan Otufodunrin, Mr Ajibola Amzat, Dr Abdulrahman Abu Hamisu, Prof Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika, Mr Joseph Dokhare, Mr Brian Pellot and Mr Kunle Adebajo.
During the training workshop, previous fellows shared insights into their projects and investigations around religion and insurgency.
Highlight of the ICFJ-C4A training workshop was the presentation of certificates to journalists, who participated in the 3-day programme.
Journalists are expected to pick up skills from the training necessary to investigate and report on religious extremism in the country.