Global Rights is pleased to invite your kind participation at a two-day training workshop on “Investigative Reportage of Mass Atrocities in Nigeria”. The workshop is aimed at facilitating increased and informed media coverage of the intricacies of researching and reporting mass atrocities in Nigeria, with a particular focus on demanding government’s accountability for these atrocities.
The training is scheduled to hold as follows:
Date: July 2019
Location: Abuja
Applicant journalist must:
Successful candidates will be expected to publish/ produce at least 2 articles/stories or documentaries on a large scale and deliberate attacks on civilians in Nigeria and the need for justice for victims of these atrocities.
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