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The Earth Journalism Network
The undersigned nominate with pleasure Internews' Earth Journalism Network (EJN) as 2010’s Climate Communicator of the Year. In 2010, EJN trained over 400 worldwide journalists, who produced some 650 stories. EJN’s Training of Trainers course worked with 21 senior climate journalists who returned to their home countries to train hundreds more. EJN’s training of 1,400-plus journalists the last five years has produced thousands of stories on climate-related issues. EJN continues to build capacity for increased and better future coverage. “It was after the EJN TOT that I could train reporters from remote mountain areas in Nepal to effectively and more efficiently cover environment and climate related issues as they come from one of the most climatically vulnerable yet under-reported regions.” -- Navin Singh Khadka, BBC Nepali service In 2010, EJN sent 11 US journalists and, as part of the Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP), 31 journalists from 26 developing countries to Cancun for the full two-week UNFCCC climate summit. Their resulting stories kept oft-overlooked communities informed as to how political decisions and climate impacts would affect them. “As an EJN Fellow, I represented the primary source of news for American Indian and Alaska Native readers across the U.S., and to a lesser extent worldwide Indigenous readers who otherwise would not have had the level of climate reporting they needed, from a source they trust.” -- Terri Hansen, Indian Country Today EJN creates partnerships with local networks of environmental journalists. EJN establishes networks in countries where none exist and builds their capacity where they do. Among our partners are the:
EJN provides climate change reporting resources. Working with partners, EJN develops a variety of resources freely available online, often in several languages, including:
EJN has improved the quantity, excellence and visibility of climate coverage. Nominated by: Environmental correspondent Indian Country Today Media Network And 26 co-signatories: United States: Alexander Kelly Sam Adams Worldwide: Huma Beg, Pakistan Jaspreet Kindra, South Africa Jeffrey Barbee, South Africa Jessica Cheam, Singapore Karen Msiska, Malawi Manipadma Jena, India Michael Simire, Nigeria Navin Singh Khadka, Nepal Ochieng' Ogodo, Kenya Olayinka Oyegbile, Nigeria Pitambar Sigdel, Nepal Rachael van der Kooye, Suriname Ramesh Prasad Bhushal, Nepal Servaas van den Bosch, Namibia Sheetal Vyas, India Steve Mbogo, Kenya Truong Quynh, Vietnam
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