Media safety training for Aklan and Capiz journalists setBY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL / Panay News
Aklan-based police beat reporters will undergo safety trainings this March to equip themselves of practical skills to respond to various media attacks, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) Aklan chapter announced.
KALIBO, Aklan - Thirty journalists from Aklan and Capiz will undergo a series of media safety trainings from the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) next month.
NUJP Aklan chapter president Jojet Reyes said the safety training and awareness for journalists in Aklan is scheduled on March 27 to 29 at the Kalibo Bakhawan Eco-tourism Center in Barangay New Buswang, this town.
NUJP is the country’s biggest media organization chaired by Philippine Daily Inquirer correspondent Nestor Burgos, Jr.
"The security and safety training programs for media staff, particularly police beat reporters, are regularly conducted in other provinces, to equip them of practical skills to respond on different forms of media attacks," said Reyes, also the program director of IBC DyRG Budyong ng Kalibo.
The media training is handled by International News Safety Institute (INSI) trainers that will include discussions on media safety, practical scenarios and demonstrations.
NUJP and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) established a Media Safety Office on November 2005 to launch campaigns for safety and press freedom, respond and document the attacks against journalists and conduct safety training workshops to advance a culture of safety.
NUJP is the country’s biggest media organization chaired by Philippine Daily Inquirer correspondent Nestor Burgos, Jr.
"The security and safety training programs for media staff, particularly police beat reporters, are regularly conducted in other provinces, to equip them of practical skills to respond on different forms of media attacks," said Reyes, also the program director of IBC DyRG Budyong ng Kalibo.
The media training is handled by International News Safety Institute (INSI) trainers that will include discussions on media safety, practical scenarios and demonstrations.
NUJP and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) established a Media Safety Office on November 2005 to launch campaigns for safety and press freedom, respond and document the attacks against journalists and conduct safety training workshops to advance a culture of safety.
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