The
Media Development Centre (MEDEC) and the Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL)
on Tuesday launched its first journalism clinic in Accra with the theme;
‘Building Media Capacities to Enhance Partnerships for Sustainable
Environmental Governance’.The
Director for Communications and Partnerships for MEDEC, Mr. Frederick Asiamah,
said the Journalism Clinic Project will be organized three times in a year to
encourage student journalists to specialize in environmental
reporting when they go into practice.
Dr. Messan Mawugbe, the Managing Consultant of the Centre for Media Analysis, told participants that research conducted by his outfit indicated that media reportage from 2009 to 2012 on environmental issues was seven per cent as compared to issues on politics, sports and entertainment, among others. This, according to him was quite disturbing.
On her part, Mrs. Mary Ama Kudom-Agyeman, an environmental communication consultant said the status of our environment affect the country’s level of development. She further advised journalists to write credible reports.
Dr. Messan Mawugbe, the Managing Consultant of the Centre for Media Analysis, told participants that research conducted by his outfit indicated that media reportage from 2009 to 2012 on environmental issues was seven per cent as compared to issues on politics, sports and entertainment, among others. This, according to him was quite disturbing.
On her part, Mrs. Mary Ama Kudom-Agyeman, an environmental communication consultant said the status of our environment affect the country’s level of development. She further advised journalists to write credible reports.
The
launch was attended by representatives from civil society, research
institutions, journalism training institutions and students, including those of
the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) and the African University College of
Communications (AUCC).
Story is by Rachel Mercy Arhin, a student of GIJ and beneficiary of the Journalism Clinic. 
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