Training

Apply for GIJN webinar on reporting coronavirus pandemic

The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) has unveiled its second webinar for journalists and the public on covering the coronavirus pandemic.

The second GIJN Webinar in Investigating the Pandemic series, Resilience and Reporting, looks at how journalists can stay healthy and sane while covering the pandemic. Reporting traumatic events requires knowledge, skill and support.

The webinar will offer insights into the awareness that journalists need for mental well-being, to support colleagues, and to improve reporting.

It will offer practical tips to meet challenges and participating journalist will have a chance to ask questions.

Two speakers will speak during the webinar bring extensive experience with journalists dealing with trauma.

One of the speakers, Bruce Shapiro is executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma at Columbia University in New York and a GIJN board member.

The second speaker, Colombian journalist Maria Teresa Ronderos is the former director of the Open Society Foundations’ Program on Independent Journalism and, in a range of positions, she has worked to protect the lives of journalists in danger.

The one-hour webinar is free and designed for journalists interested in investigating the pandemic.

It is the second in a GIJN series, Investigating the Pandemic.

ALSO READ: Thomson Reuters Foundation launches Coronavirus Crisis Reporting Hub

Date: Wednesday 8 April 2020
Time:

  • 8:00 Bogota, Lima
  • 9:00am EDT (Washington DC)
  • 10:00 Buenos Aires
  • 14:00 BST (London)
  • 14:00 WAT (Nigeria)
  • 15:00 CET (Berlin, Paris. Johannesburg)
  • 16:00 MSK (Moscow, Kyiv)
  • 19:00 Dhaka
  • 20:00 Jakarta
  • 21:00 CST (Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur)
  • 23:00 Canberra

APPLY  HERE

Funmilayo Oluwafunmilayo

Recent Posts

9 media opportunities in November and beyond

If you’re planning for fellowships, awards or training programmes that can advance your media career, there are 9 media opportunities…

21 hours ago

Goodluck Jonathan Freedom of Information Awards 2026

DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2026 — The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) is accepting entries for the Dr Goodluck Jonathan Freedom of…

5 days ago

Communications and Public Relations Officer at PPDC

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31, 2025 — The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) seeks a creative, strategic and results-driven Communications and…

5 days ago

The Archivi.ng Fellowship open for applications

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31, 2025 — The Archivi.ng Fellowship, a six-month programme for storytellers, researchers and technologists working to make sense…

2 weeks ago

The Africa Report is hiring a Business Editor

The Africa Report is hiring a Business Editor to lead agenda-setting coverage of African companies, markets and deal-makers. The ideal…

2 weeks ago

Solutions Journalism Africa Summit 2025

The Solutions Journalism Africa Summit 2025, with the theme "Reframing Africa’s Narratives Through Solutions-Focused Storytelling", is open for registration. ​The…

2 weeks ago

This website uses cookies.