PEA Awards Content Grants to Journalists

Panos Eastern Africa has advised journalists to act professionally in whatever they do in order to achieve the objectives of the Media for Democratic Governance and Accountability project (MDGAP). The advice was given Friday April 12th, 2013 at an induction meeting for 21 journalists who qualified for the award of content grants for various investigative publications aimed at promoting public discourse on issues of media freedom, oil resources, corruption, infrastructure and health. The project is funded by the European Union. At the one-day workshop, the participants were also taken through various refresher training sessions in investigative reporting, managing production resources as well as interviewing. The stories will be published through different media platforms like radio, television or the press during the project implementation period.