Institute urges journalists to promote peace
Joseph Golwa, the
Director General, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, on
Thursday called on journalists to promote peace in reporting conflict
situations as their contributions to conflict resolution.
Mr. Golwa made the
call in Kaduna at a workshop it organised in collaboration with the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for media professionals.
He said that such
practice would promote dialogue and broaden the range of opinions being
held to make significant impact on conflicts.
“Journalists do not
often provide in-depth analysis of the context of conflicts, but rather
tend to always focus on the episodic and fragmentary accounts of the
most dramatic positions,’’ he said.
He however said that with the 2011 elections around the corner, it
was the responsibility of journalists and the media at large to ensure
that all issues were reported objectively.
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