Climate change and environment reporters from Kenya have
dominated the list announced Friday (May 31) in Nairobi, Kenya by the jurists
of the First African Climate Change and Environment Reporting Awards (ACCER).
According
to Barack Muluka, the chief jurists of Six Panel of judges assembled to judge
entries from across Africa in both English and French versions, said the
released names were not in any given order as the final part of the process
will be the announcement of winners during the Gala Night on June 5, the day
set aside globally to mark the World Environment Day.
The list released by the team of judges showed that Bob
Koigi whose entry talked about farmers finding cheap environmentally
friendly alternative to feritilisers in waster products and Dan Okoth who entered an article that
linked challenges of reproductive health, nutrition and climate change topped
Kenyan reporters from the print media.
The list
also showed Kenya’s Pamela Asigi’s Decision Durban (TV), Pius Sawa’s coping
with Climate change (radio) emerging finalists among the broadcast entries.
This
award was organized by the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) in
liaison with UNEP, with the support of Christian Aid, Oxfam Novib, SIDA, Finn
Church Aid, Diakonia, and BrandKenhya Board.
The
main objective of the ACCER Awards is to recognize African journalists who
excel in environmental journalism. The first competition covered stories
reported during the period January 2012 to March 2013.
The
judges received a total of 112 entries, disaggregated as below:
1. Print
media: 74
2. Radio:
24
3. TV:
14
With
the exception of one print and one TV media entry in Amharic and two radio
entries in French, the rest of the entries were in English Language.
It
is expected that this kind of initiative will encourage constructive
environmental focus in the African media, both at policy and policy
implementation level and at the level of public awareness and participation in
environmental protection and protection.
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