STORY: UNSOM trains journalists on election

reporting in Baidoa
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DATELINE: 25/AUGUST/2016, BAIDOA, SOMALIA
SHOT LIST
1. Wide shot, journalist attending training
2. Med shot, journalists attending training
3. Med shot, journalists attending training
4. Close up, a journalist
5. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) Shukri Ismail Ahmed, radio journalist
We have learnt a lot during the training. First we were taught how to
report unbiased, accurate and professional news on elections, the
importance of empowering women and allocation of 30 per cent
gender quota in parliament, among others.
6. Med shot, journalists during training
7. Med shot, journalists during training
8. Close up, a journalist
9. Close up, journalist taking notes during training
10. Wide shot, journalist during training
11. Close up, a journalist
12. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) Adan Hassan Osman, radio journalist
We have been informed of the challenges that journalists might face
and how to overcome those challenges during the 2016 electoral
process and also how to report effectively on the electoral process of
2016.
13. Wide shot, journalists during training
14. Med shot, journalists during training
15. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) Yussuf Hassan, trainer
It was an important training for the journalists on the electoral process
of 2016. It focused on how the electoral process will occur and how
best the journalists should report before, during and after the process.
16. Close up, a journalist
17. Med shot, journalists training
18. Close up, a journalist
19. Med shot, a journalist making a presentation

20. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) Hasaan Abdi Mohamed, Interim South

West Administration Minister of Information
The most important thing the journalists were taught during the twoday training was to be impartial, truthful and accurate in their reporting
of the 2016 electoral process.
21. Med shot, Information Minister handing over a certificate to a journalist
at the end of the training
22. Med shot, handing over of certificates to journalists
23. Close up, a certificate.

STORY
UNSOM trains journalists on election reporting in Baidoa
Baidoa, 25 August 2016 A two-day training workshop for Somali
journalists on election reporting ended today and participants said
they felt better prepared to cover the countrys upcoming electoral
process.
The workshop, organized by the United Nations Assistance Mission to
Somalia (UNSOM), addressed a variety of topics ranging from the
rules governing coverage of the 2016 electoral process to press
freedom issues and the role of the United Nations in the process.
Participants of the workshop held in Baidoa described it as timely and
thanked UNSOM for its role in the professional development of
journalists.
We have learnt a lot during the training. We were taught how to report
in an unbiased, accurate and professional fashion on news about the
electoral process, the importance of empowering women and the 30
per cent quota reserved for women in parliament, among other topics,
SWS radio journalist Shukri Ismail Ahmed said.
Warsan Radio journalist Adan Hassan Osman (Geesey) said, We
were told about challenges journalists might face and how to
overcome those during the 2016 electoral process and also how to
report effectively.
Interim South West Administration Minister of Information, Hassan Abdi
Mohamed, congratulated UNSOM for organizing the training.
The most important thing the journalists were taught during the twoday training was to be impartial, truthful and accurate in their
reporting, Minister Hassan said.

The Minister urged the journalists to maintain fairness and avoid

pejorative references to a candidates clan, religion or gender while
covering the electoral process, saying such acts could incite residents
to violence.
UNSOM is providing a series of training workshops to journalists
across the country on the countrys electoral process. Subsequent
trainings will be held in Belet Weyne, Kismaayo, Adado and Garoowe.
The Mission is also supporting the Federal Indirect Electoral
Implementation Team and the State Indirect Electoral Implementation
Teams.