About twenty journalists are in an information journalism coaching workshop on May 21, 22 and 23, 2024 in Lomé. An initiative of the Togolese Association of Private Online Press Organs (ATOPPEL) for its members, which falls beneath the framework of the “Data Post” venture
According to the president of ATOPPEL, Hélène Doubidji, this coaching interval goals to contribute to the event of freedom of expression in Togo via using a brand new apply of data, particularly information journalism. “This venture responds to the will to innovate within the presentation of on-line data, to advertise a brand new pattern of data in on-line newspapers in Togo, to fill the dearth of latest strategies of data manufacturing, and to make data out there to individuals. it is much more attention-grabbing,” he defined.
According to him, Richard Folly, the coach chosen for this session, will probably be a query of “offering journalists with digital instruments that can permit them to work higher and inform the story of a brand new method for the digital age.” “We are in an period the place information is generated and elevated and journalism is a piece primarily based on info, we will now not separate it from information that represents info. The significance of mixing information in journalism permits us to be extra life like in our work, to measure data and to have the ability to hyperlink data to locations, therefore the combination of instruments that check with, for instance, cartography, geography, statistics … “, proven.
This initiative of ATOPPEL has been accepted by the High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC). “Journalism is all the time altering. We want to extend the variety of a lot of these workshops in order that we will make media professionals related to ICT. These packages contribute to the know-how within the processing of data desired by HAAC. This is the place to repeat our because of ATOPPEL for the significance of the modules included in this system of this coaching”, commented the consultant of the president of HAAC, urging the individuals to make use of the principle traces of communication that will probably be developed. .
Note that the “Data Post” of ATOPPEL advantages from a small authorities grant as a part of the venture “Promote freedom of expression and the press, and shield human rights defenders in Togo”, launched in 2023. The latter is funded by the European Union and managed by the Panos Institute, the Togolese Media Observatory (OTM) and FemeDev.
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