WFP trains Liberian journalists on food and nutrition security reporting

The World Food Program (WFP) in Liberia will today, Tuesday, 17 April embark on a two-day intensive workshop for Liberian journalists in food and nutrition security reporting methodologies.

According to a release, the journalists drawn mainly from the print, electronic and web-based media outlets will be taken through the steps in reporting and highlighting food and nutrition security activities and interventions with emphasis on resilience and livelihoods creations.

They will also be drilled in school meals management, nutrition interventions, and logistics operations within the framework of WFP’s global communications modules and approaches.

WFP’s Regional Communications Officer for West and Central Africa, Mr. George Fominyen, will serve as lead facilitator of the communications-driven exercise. At the end of the training, participants are expected to establish a small corps of journalists grouping in the form of an association for the purpose of scaling up, improving and highlighting food security, nutrition and agriculture-related activities in the media while supporting one another’s professional enhancement.

The United Nations World Food Program is saving lives in emergencies and changing lives for millions through sustainable development. WFP works in more than 80 countries around the world, feeding people caught in conflict and disasters, and laying the foundations for a better future.–Press release