ATMIS
Fifty Somali journalists based in Kismayo, Jubaland State, completed a three-day media training seminar to improve media skills and personal safety, and help them professionally report on security in their home state.
The Jubaland Ministry of Information and Public Awareness facilitated the training with support from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). Journalists from public and private media organizations in Kismayo attended.
Training modules included situational awareness, personal safety, media ethics, evolving dynamics in social media, fact-checking and fake news, editorial policies, media bias, and the protection of news sources.
Miski Yusuf Ali, director general of the Jubaland Ministry of Information and Public Awareness, thanked ATMIS for supporting efforts to help media representatives improve journalism standards.
“When you go back to your respective workstations, I’m confident you will apply the new knowledge and skills acquired to your daily work,” Yusuf said at the end of the training. “We hope to see an improvement in your news reports to enable us to help the public to make informed decisions.”
Abdimajid Abas Adan, a radio producer based in Kismayo, found the sessions engaging and interesting.
“I learned the importance of being a responsible journalist, how to professionally produce news and most importantly how to be fair and balanced in my reports,” Adan said.
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