Community Media Network South Sudan or COMNETSS is training ten journalists from three radio stations and freelancers in Torit State on safety and mobile reporting
Journalists in South Sudan are working in a dangerous environment and should know how to protect themselves while getting information, says James Joseph Lemor, COMNETSS Coordinator who facilitates the workshop, Emmanuel Radio reports.
He appreciates President Salva Kiir for announcing the national dialogue that has made journalists in the country gained momentum.
Since then no journalist was harassed or arrested except a foreign journalist was killed in crossfire in Morobo last year, the Coordinator testifies.
It is the right time for journalists in the states to gain safety skills, says Agapito Lolikai Locho, First Director-General for Information.
He calls on media institutions to give capacity building to journalist especially in Torit state
Lolikai says all media practitioners enjoy freedom of expression, but that the national and state constitutions should guide them.
The speakers spoke during the opening session of a two-day training of Journalists at Sts Peter and Paul Hall in Torit on Wednesday.