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Iloilo media trained on reporting EJK January 3 PDF Print E-mail
by PHRRP   
Posted Saturday, 07 February 2009

 

ImageFifteen Iloilo-based journalists received training from the Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project on how to report extrajudicial killings (EJK) in their province on January 3.  

 

The training provided the radio, television, print and online journalists basic concepts on human rights specifically the right to life, definition and characteristics of EJK, and distinction between EJK and an ordinary crime.

 

The training helped equip the journalists with basic information on how to cover EJK properly, including basic characteristics of EJK, legal framework of EJK, and responsibility of the State in EJK. Journalists also underwent workshops in finding sources and necessary data for their EJK stories as well as issues that help or hinder coverage of EJK cases.

 

In their evaluation, the journalists generally said the training was an “eye-opener” and “refreshing” to them even though have already been in the media industry for many years. The training, according to them, helped them:

 

• Differentiate an EJK from an ordinary crime.

• Beware of legal and ethical concerns when reporting EJK.

• Ensure safety during coverage and follow up of EJK stories.

 

The journalists suggested the training course to cover issues such as (a) handling trauma as a result of covering EJK; (b) the justice system; (c) updates on government and civil society actions to address EJK in the Philippines; (d) and media safety.

 

ImageThe EJK reporting training is the Project’s second of series of training to help improve human rights reporting in the Philippine media. The first was reporting on rural poverty.

 

The Project piloted the EJK reporting training module in Baguio on December 3. This is the second EJK reporting training held in cooperation with the Project’s partner National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.

 

 

 
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