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Emergency Journalism claims that Nigerian journalists are struggling to cover #BringBackOurGirls. They claimed that Nigerian journalists rely on a mixture of government pronouncements, foreign coverage, and reporting in Abuja and Lagos (the country’s capital and largest city respectively) to cover the story.
Emergency Journalists wrote, "In May, Boko Haram, the terrorist group that abducted more than 200 girls from a school in northeastern Nigeria, released a video ostensibly showing the captives. It was the first time the media and the world at large had seen them since their kidnapping. Punch, Nigeria’s most-read newspaper, posted the video alongside a scant hundred words drawn from the BBC. Nigeria’s leading newspaper relied on a foreign news outlet to report on the biggest story in the country".
"Punch’s reporting isn’t unusual. Since gunmen seized a reported 276 girls from their school in Chibok, Borno state, on April 14, Nigerian media has relied on a mixture of government pronouncements, foreign coverage, and reporting in Abuja and Lagos (the country’s capital and largest city respectively) to cover the story. Few stories have featured on-the-ground reporting in Chibok.
"Ever since Boko Haram began its insurgency in 2009, local news organizations have found it increasingly difficult to report on the group, hampered by dwindling resources, instability in the areas most affected by insurgents, and the terrorists’ own hostility to the press.
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SOURCE: #EmergencyJournalists
#Chibok #Bokoharam
Emergency Journalists wrote, "In May, Boko Haram, the terrorist group that abducted more than 200 girls from a school in northeastern Nigeria, released a video ostensibly showing the captives. It was the first time the media and the world at large had seen them since their kidnapping. Punch, Nigeria’s most-read newspaper, posted the video alongside a scant hundred words drawn from the BBC. Nigeria’s leading newspaper relied on a foreign news outlet to report on the biggest story in the country".
"Punch’s reporting isn’t unusual. Since gunmen seized a reported 276 girls from their school in Chibok, Borno state, on April 14, Nigerian media has relied on a mixture of government pronouncements, foreign coverage, and reporting in Abuja and Lagos (the country’s capital and largest city respectively) to cover the story. Few stories have featured on-the-ground reporting in Chibok.
"Ever since Boko Haram began its insurgency in 2009, local news organizations have found it increasingly difficult to report on the group, hampered by dwindling resources, instability in the areas most affected by insurgents, and the terrorists’ own hostility to the press.
Click here to read more
SOURCE: #EmergencyJournalists
#Chibok #Bokoharam