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Radio Journalists Equipped With Skills, Technical Information To Improve Reporting On Health Issues - UrduPoint News

Last updated Thursday, December 15, 2022 01:05 ET

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Dec, 2022 ) :Provincial Emergency Operations Center Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in collaboration with UNICEF organized a day-long capacity-building workshop for radio journalists working with local and international radio channels from southern parts of the province on polio/health reporting here at a local hotel.
The objective of the workshop was to equip radio journalists with updated programmatic knowledge, handy sources of information and skills that will lead to informed and accurate reporting on health-related issues.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Peshawar, Muhammad Imran Khan, Deputy Director Communications Information Department, Shams-ul-Haq, Station Director Pakhtunkhwa Radio Daud Khan, Deputy District Polio Officer (WHO) Peshawar, Dr Naveed Khurshid and communication officer UNICEF, Shadab Younas graced the workshop with their presence.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Peshawar Imran Khan in the welcome remarks shed light on the important role of media particularly radio journalists in the context of southern parts of KP and rural areas saying that radio remains a powerful medium of communication despite umbrella growth of other forms of media and capacity building of radio journalists on health reporting was vital to equip them with the latest information that will be reflected in the reporting.
He said that the media has played a very responsible role in reporting on health and particularly polio issues and it was one of...



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