Keystone Foundation organised the first training session in environment journalism at its campus between June 9-10 as part of a new project titled #ClimateStories.
The project, done with support from Earth Journalism Network, identified 15 IPLC (indigenous peoples and local communities) youth from the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve to be trained to report on environment issues from their community.
The 15 journalism trainees (seven from Kotagiri and four each from Wayanad and Nilambur) will focus on three main topics—climate change, human-wildlife interactions and forest degradation—as part of the training.
The first in-person training at the campus focused on introduction to journalism and digital literacy. The trainees were also introduced to the concept of climate change and were encouraged to identify and speak about climate change issues in their localities and communities.
The training was conducted by independent environment journalist Arathi Menon and intern at Keystone Foundation, Aayush Rajput.
