United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has partnered with Solutions Journalism Network to host a webinar which is aimed at helping journalists rigorously cover effective responses to the issues created by coronavirus outbreak, and more globally, how to better prevent and cope with disasters.
The solutions journalism webinar will cover topics ranging from the introduction to solution journalism and why it is done, create an in-depth understanding to, through looking at case studies, how to use the four pillars of solutions journalism and also develop strategies to applying these principles to covering COVID19 and disaster risk reduction
This webinar will be led by Mikhael Simmonds, SJN East Coast Manager and Nina Fasciaux, SJN manager in Europe.
DATE: June 2, 2020
TIME: 12 PM East Africa Time
11 AM Central Africa
10 AM West Africa Time
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