SOUTH SUDAN: Civil society Warns Media Houses Against Employing Untrained Journalists
Oholong Henry
The Civil Society Network in Eastern Equatoria State warned media houses against recruiting untrained young journalists.
State Coordinator for Community Empowerment for Progress Organization or CEPO, Mr Ojok Francis Taboke said inexperienced journalists put media houses and staff on security danger.
He was speaking to Radio Emmanuel during a peace forum organized by Whitaker Peace And Development Initiative in Torit.
Ojok urged media houses to handle issues on the administrative level and offer protection to staff with low ability on media regulations.
“The fact is very clear, and I know the context of journalists in Eastern Equatoria. The problem administrative because we do recruit young men and women in the system who don’t have enough capacity to do a certain thing without going through some training,” he said.
Secretary General for Civil Society Network in Eastern Equatoria State Mr Ochieng Philip Clement further said protection of journalists is a priority of the civil society.
He said civil society use peaceful and systemic approach to rescue detained journalists.
“We have a peaceful approach. First of all, we need to find out the mistake of that journalist in particular and go to the institution that is concerned, like the Ministry of Information, to get more details on that particular journalist. That was why this discussion is very important. And you as a journalist, you need to put in your minds that the journalistic principles of 5Ws and collaborate with the editing desks where news is concerned,” Philip noted.
The Civil Society Network in Eastern Equatoria State was warning the media houses against recruiting untrained young journalists in Torit on Thursday, July 30, 2020.
