MADANG, Papua New Guinea (April 30, 2002 - PINA Nius Online)---Good, timely, accurate crisis reporting can save Pacific Islanders lives, some of the region's leading news executives and trainers heard yesterday.
Father Jan Czuba, president of Divine Word University, spoke of the importance of such reporting as he opened a regional Training the Trainers in Crisis Reporting workshop.
There also needs to be more emphasis paid to the impact of trauma on journalists, Father Jan said as he praised the workshop program.
The six-day workshop is being held on the university's campus in Madang, northern Papua New Guinea, with participants from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and Tonga.
It has been organized by the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), with support from Divine Word University and the Papua New Guinea Media Council, and funded by the AusAID Pacific Media Initiative.
The workshop is PINA's main regional...