The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) will now train journalists through field visits to experience the real application of knowledge learnt during workshops.
During the trips, journalists will be able to get story ideas, interact with sources and be guided on how to conduct interviews that will produce solution stories to influence behaviour change in communities.
The Council held its first Field Visit Media Training Approach in Kakamega during training on Climate Change and Adaptation Reporting for Journalists and Media Practitioners, with a visit to Kakamega Forest.
MCK’s Director of Media Training and Development Victor Bwire said they are keen to improve content mastery for journalists and equip them with knowledge on various aspects.
“You are also our pilot class in terms of how we are changing our training approach as an institution. So let’s see that change, that you had knowledge in class and knowledge in the field, how does this help in our continuous training,” he noted.
He said the Media Council of Kenya will also monitor how Journalists are benefiting from the Field Training approach vis a vis classroom approach.
The Assistant Director for Training and Curriculum at the Media Council of Kenya Christine Nguku said the council is enhancing their training for journalists to incorporate a practical aspect in terms of building the capacity of journalists, writers and media practitioners who are doing stories for their media houses.
The Journalists were taken to Kakamega Forest for a short tour where they picked story ideas that they can do in the coming months and broadened their visualisation of different climate change story angles.
