Political Reporting Training for Haitian Journalists in DC
During the week of June 24-28, 2019, ten reporters from across Haiti traveled to VOA’s headquarters in Washington, DC for a series of workshops on political journalism.
VOA’s Creole Service and USAGM Business Development prepared a curriculum that included best practices, techniques of interviewing and reporting, writing for social media, mobile reporting, access to public information, fact-checking, and preparing stories for broadcasting.
Participants received lectures from journalists, lawyers and anchors, on topics such as the rule of law in a democracy, the role of the media in politics, and met congressional staffers to discuss support in Congress for Haiti and its latest initiatives.
The USAGM/VOA workshop was supported by the U.S. Department of State through its U.S. Embassy in Haiti.