Telling the whole story: The constructive journalism challenge
With the media increasingly being accused of a negativity bias, more journalists are turning to constructive journalism. The final GMF digital session of 2020 discussed the possibilities and challenges of this approach.
Too much doom and gloom is causing more of us to switch off the news. But what if the media had a new approach to reporting that inspired people, because it didn’t just identify problems but also explored solutions?
The approach is called constructive journalism, and it’s being taken up by a growing number of media outlets that believe that journalism needs to reinvent itself for the future.
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 00:22 -
In 2019, the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) provided a sum of EUR 2 million (approximately Rs. 449 million) to HALO Trust towards demining activities in affected areas of the Northern Province in Sri Lanka.
The decision was taken in light of Sri Lanka’s accession to the Ottawa Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention with the aim of assisting Sri Lanka to achieve the target of becoming a mine-impact free country by 2020. In addition to the funds provided last year, Germany has recently allocated an additional EUR 1 million (approximately Rs. 224 million) to the organisation, as well as an extension for the completion of the demining project.