15 JOURNALISTS SHORTLISTED FOR 2014 ACCER AWARDS FIFTEEN African Journalists have been shortlisted for the 2014 African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting (ACCER) Awards. Ms. Angele Luh the Regional Information Officer for Africa at UNEP and a member of the Award Jury Team of 2014 ACCER Awards read out the names of the finalists:- 1) Zeynab Wandati - Kenya 2) Greg Odogwu – Nigeria 3) Bob Koigi – Kenya 4) Arison Tamfu – Cameroon 5) Kofi Adu Domfeh – Ghana 6) Rose Wangui – Kenya 7) Violate Mengo – Zambia 8) Noala Luka – Kenya 9) Michael Wambi – Uganda 10) Jacob Safari – Kenya 11) Diane Nininahazwe – Burundi 12) Patrick Mayoyo – Kenya 13) Busani Bafana – Zimbabwe 14) Didier Hubert Madafime – Benin 15) Gabriel Adonou – Togo “The standards of written expression were sometimes worrying. Some of the entrants need training in basic writing skills. They need to embrace the basic rhythms of disciplined thinking and controlled writing. Their predicament is easily compounded by having to address a technical subject like climate change. Proper training for such journalists would do well to combine both the substance of reporting the environment and journalistic skills generally” Ms. Angele said while announcing the 15 finalists. The event took place at Nairobi Serena Hotel on Thursday June 5, 2014. PACJA Communication Manager Dr. Joseph Kiyimba said that the overall winners will be announced on the 25th of this month, “this second edition has attracted a lot of interest, with 309 entries received from across Africa compared to last year’s 110 entries. This event marks the end of a four-month process of collection, collation, judging and identification of recipients of the Awards, to recognize the outstanding climate change and environmental journalists across Africa who have scooped various Awards in this vigorous competition, sponsored by PACJA and its partners” added Dr. Kiyimba. PACJA co-chair Dr. Habtemariam Abate said that the ACCER Awards is in line with PACJA strategic objectives of building the capacity of African journalists which gave birth to African Media Alliance for Climate Change (PAMACC) and that this year PACJA will commence The ACCER Awards Finalists Academy (TAAFA). “As we unveil the finalists of the ACCER Awards today, we believe that African journalists will take even more measures of climate change and environment. As we await the Gala and Award Night on June 25, 2014 you are free to commence the celebrations even from now” Dr. Abate added. The Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Dr. Richard Lesiyampe in a statement read on his behalf by Mr. Mulei Muia, head of public communications in the ministry of environment, said “We hope that the ACCER Awards will help to build an enhanced African profile that assures the continent’s visibility in international climate change dialogue processes”. Mr. Richard Lesiyampe added “I congratulate PACJA for starting this initiative and working in partnership with UNEP, Oxfam, Embassy of Sweden, Diakonia and our Ministry, among other key partners. I wish all the 2014 ACCER Awards finalists the best of luck in the final”.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 08:39:20 +0000
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