Women Radio Centre trains female journalists on investigative reporting

The Women Radio Centre is to train selected 21 female Nigerian journalists on how best to handle investigative reporting from woman angle, aimed to address under-representation and under-reported issues surrounding women.

Penpushing reports that Chief Executive Officer of the first women radio in Nigeria Toun Okewale-Sonaiya made this known in a statement explaining that the 21 journalists and journos from Nigeria’s 6 Geo-political zones were shortlisted from 1,552 applications and they will be tutored and coached by industry experts.

The statement added that successful participants who satisfactorily complete the training will receive accredited professional certificates from Nigeria’s top-Ranking Institution in Journalism.

“It is imperative that we commit to unearth and uncover those stories that affect women and girls, with the overall goal of amplifying the voices of women. Our goal is to raise the next generation of female investigative journalists and create a balance in the investigative gender gap” Okewale -Sonaiya said

Penpushing further reports that the Women Radio Centre boss said the 2023 faculty includes Dr. Dapo Olorunyomi- Publisher Premium Times, Dr 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 Okewale Sonaiya, MD Women Radio 91.7.

The Women Radio Centre, which is the first female academy, established to train women in media, anticipates that the Female Investigative Reporting Training will directly and positively impact society, expose and proffer solutions to issues that affect women and give the participants the opportunity to produce compelling stories that would amplify the voices of Nigerian women.

Penpushing also reports that the statement emphasised that Women Radio Centre (first female academy) is an initiative of Women Radio 91.7, Nigeria’s only Radio Station for Women and  their families, with support from the MacArthur Foundation.

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