Building Media Professionalism for Road Safety through Constructive Journalism in Bangladesh

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication

Duration                     : June 2023-May 2024
Funded by                  : Global Health Advocacy Incubator, Global Road Safety Partnership
Total budget               : 3572800

 

1. Objectives, outcomes

Objective: To increase media interest in and understanding of road safety as a critical health and development issue

Outcome 1: Improved the quality of reporting on road safety, particularly in the areas of data visualization, knowledge and constructive journalism.

Outcome 2: Improved in-depth road safety reporting fellowships engagements aimed at building technical capacities as well as specific journalistic skills.

Outcome 3: Deepen Communications officers’ knowledge, and skills and expand their access to the different public domains for raising interactive dialogue around critical -road safety issues.

Intervention strategy

Output-1

Mainstream journalists from print, electronic and online media improve their capacity to produce reports on the Road Safety issue

Output 2.

Fellows improve their capacity to inspire and encourage more reporting in the media on road safety tools, facts and new skills so that they can write and visualize confidently the problem and its solutions.

Output:3

Communications officers’ and their institutions are engaged in reducing the number of road safety to contribute to efforts to save lives on the roads in line with context-sensitive and knowledge-driven.

Activities

1.1       Two-day long Training of Trainers on Road Safety(25 journalists will join the the training from printing,Electronics and Community Media.After the training 10 Fellows will be selected from the training participants)

1.2       Media Fellowship for journalists on Road Safety through constructive journalism(10 journalist 1 batch will join in the fellowship program)

1.3       Develop and print policy Brief on SDG 3.6 & 11.2

1.4   Road Safety related Message Development workshop for Grantee Communications Manager/Officers(20 persons)

About BNNRC

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) represents the community radio broadcasting sector to Government, Industry, Regulatory Bodies, Media and Development Partners since 2000.

BNNRC’s approach to media development is both knowledge-driven and context-sensitive, and it takes into account the challenges and opportunities created by the rapidly changing media environment in Bangladesh including community radio development giving voices to the voiceless

BNNRC is in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) accredited with World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), SDGs Media Compact of the United Nations and UN WSIS prize winner 2016, Champion 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 for media development.  https://www.bnnrc.net 

 

Protiva Banerjee
Assistant Program Coordinator

Tel: +88 02 48116262 | +88 02 9101479 | +88 02 9138501

Cell: +880 1814847780

 

 

Hiren Pandit

Program Coordinator

Tel: +88 02 48116262 | +88 02 9101479 | +88 02 9138501

Cell: +880 17126311101

Email: hiren.bnnrc@gmail.com