LWT in partnership with Citizens for Justice recently hosted a media workshop for local and national journalists at Lake Malawi. The focus of the workshop was to discuss the role of media in combating wildlife crime in the country. Over 20 journalists were in attendance and heard from several panelists covering various topics including investigative […]
LWT in partnership with Citizens for Justice recently hosted a media workshop for local and national journalists at Lake Malawi. The focus of the workshop was to discuss the role of media in combating wildlife crime in the country.
Over 20 journalists were in attendance and heard from several panelists covering various topics including investigative journalism, wildlife crime statistics, new laws under the revised Wildlife Act among other topics.
The workshop was funded in partnership with Elephant Crisis Fund – a joint initiative between Save the Elephants and the Wildlife Conservation Network along with Stop Ivory, an independent non-government organization which aims to protect elephants and stop the ivory trade by implementing the Elephant Protection Initiative.
In addition, LWT presented The Ivory Game, a Netflix original documentary on the illegal ivory trade in partnership with Vulcan Media, which was well received by attendees and presenters.
The success of the workshop culminated in several print articles about wildlife crime and protection as well as radio and television coverage.
Lilongwe Wildlife Trust and Citizens for Justice hope to continue the momentum and will be co-authoring ongoing articles in the Sunday editions of The Daily Times beginning next month.
