A media group, Ikenga Media and Cultural Awareness Initiative has organised an investigative reporting training workshop for journalists in the South-east.
Ikenga Media and Cultural Awareness Initiative is the publisher of South-east-focused online newspaper, Ikengaonline.
The training for the over 20 journalists was held in Umuahia, Abia State and Owerri, Imo State on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
The training, supported by the MacArthur Foundation through the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, aimed to improve the quality of journalism in the South-east for good governance.
The training
One of the resource persons at the training, Chinagorom Ugwu, a journalist with PREMIUM TIMES, spoke on how investigative reporting helps to engender good governance.
Mr Ugwu urged journalists to go beyond serving as information disseminators and begin holding government accountable to engender good governance and strengthen democracy in Nigeria.
Another…