The Transforming Word: a media programme that engages with social and environmental issues
As an organization concerned with culture, environment and education, Pipal Tree has worked with journalists to explore the possibilities of expanding the space for social reporting in mainstream media, and to encourage journalists to give greater attention to social and environmental issues. Working with journalists over the years, we have often heard them express a sense of isolation, fatigue and low morale when working on these issues. The newspapers they work for don't seem as concerned with social writing as they are with political and infotainment writing. Some of us at Pipal Tree are writers and journalists who have keenly begun to feel a need to informally network with journalists to see if we can raise a support group. The Journalist's Alliance is an international community of concerned and socially aware journalists who interact with one another through small group meetings, e-mail and a blog (devoted to reflections on the experience of development writing – the frustrations and rewards). The Alliance acts as a support group that offers journalists a sense of community and solidarity. Pipal Tree coordinates and facilitates this interaction between individuals and groups. Apart from reporting and features, journalists from this group post news/views/analysis and reflections on the blog.
http://thetransformingword.wordpress.com/
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