The National Press Club (NPC) with support from IREX on Wednesday conducted a workshop on media laws for new upcoming Journalists in Jur River and Wau County in Western Bahr el Ghazal State.
NPC Executive Director, Ochaya James says the training to promote a conducive working environment for media based in South Sudan.
He says the workshop will help media practitioners in different ways which include advocacy, information sharing, and training.
He adds that the main objective of this training is to see that we have achieved the objectives of SIMA which are to increase access to credible information by South Sudanese citizens.
Wau UJOSS President Budgorin Stephen says that as UJOSS office they are in collaboration with National Press Club to see that journalists are training in all aspects of journalism skills.
He urges journalists to use new knowledge and skills to perform their work ethnically
Director General at the State Ministry of Information and Telecommunication David Jongo, acknowledge the National Press Club’s commitment for training journalists in Wau
He mentions that journalists have a big role to play as the election is ahead, urging them to be professionals in their work.
The two days’ workshop brought together old and upcoming journalists, civil society, youth, women, and people with disability as anchors of freedom of expression.