Bamenda Based Journalists Drilled On Media For Peace and Justice


Training session

Some journalists of all media landscape in Bamenda have come to the end of a two - day training on the theme "Catalyzing Media for Peace and Justice in Cameroon, " Friday July 30 to Saturday 31.

Resource persons of the training were Ngala Desmond, Country Manager DefyHateNow Cameroon, Blaise Abong, diplomat and programs manager at AKPC and Eugene Nforngwa, development policy and communication analyst, Director Rainforest Center for Policy Research.

The training saw some 25 media personnel from broadcast and print drilled on conflict management, fake news, hate speech, media advocacy and conflict-sensitive reporting.


Some Bamenda based journalists during the training

At the end of the training, Eugene Nforngwa opined that journalists need to understand that they have a lot of power in what they say and the words they use, the choices they make that can affect a conflict either negatively or positively but more importantly that they use that power to be able to affect a conflict in a positive way. An example is trying to show the different parties in conflict, alternatives to resolving the conflict without resorting to violence.


Eugene Nforngwa delivering take home message after training

The two-day training did not go in vain as one of the participants, Neba Jerome of the Herald Tribune newspaper affirmed that the training was worth holding.

The workshop has widened my scope in reporting, most especially reporting about conflict-related issues. For me like a journalist, if there is a conflict in my community I would know exactly those to meet so that it can be resolved.

Being both a journalist and a student, Neba further says, in my academics, the workshop will help me write my project so well. I say so because I have been trying to carve out a topic on media for peace and how to go about it. So after this workshop, i know what to do

It is worth noting that prior to the workshop in Bamenda, DefyHateNow has had similar trainings in some towns in Cameroon such as Buea and Douala and they hope to have another session in Yaounde in the days ahead. The efforts of DefyHateNow are to enable a hate free Cameroon by all means.


By MBEHNI Drusilla NANGE

Photo credit: Amabo Chris

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