We are delighted to announce two online workshops (for Hindi and English journalists respectively) on ‘Covering Wildlife & Conservation Stories Mindfully’. Registration is free, and open to all journalists interested in wildlife and conservation issues.

The workshop aims to promote strong and mindful journalism by sensitizing mainstream and regional journalists about the need for factual, scientific, and dignified coverage of wildlife and conservation stories.

The Hindi workshop will be led by Hridayesh Joshi, eminent journalist known for his path breaking environmental journalism in Hindi.

The English workshop will be led by Prerna Singh Bindra, renowned conservationist and journalist known for her stellar conservation journalism.

Both the workshops will feature Raza Kazmi, conservationist, writer and Conservation Communicator at WCT, as the host.

The major themes this workshop (in both languages) seeks to engage the participants in are:

  1. The importance of using the right language while reporting on human-wildlife conflict (HWC).
  2. Understanding the difference between non-negative human-wildlife interaction and conflict.
  3. The urgent need to highlight wildlife crime, the correct way to report such crimes, and create awareness about wildlife laws.
  4. The importance of maintaining high standards of scientific accuracy while reporting, and also the negative repercussions of sensationalizing wildlife news.
  5. How good journalism can create a strong conservation impact?
  6. Pitching conservation-related stories to editors.

Dates for the online workshop:

  • March 01, 2025 (Saturday) (English)
  • March 08, 2025 (Saturday) (Hindi)

Timings:

  • 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Registration link: https://forms.gle/H7fWMASmm35fu14z8

Please do register through the Google Form link. We look forward to seeing you at the workshop!