Environment reporting

The Pacific Environment Journalist Network was officially launched in Nukualofa, Tonga Monday on the eve of the opening of the 5th Pacific Media Summit with the aim of getting together journalists interested in reporting on environment issues and giving them the space, training and resources to do so.

Launching the Network, Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) President Moses Steven said it is good that the Pacific tells its own stories instead of oversea media coming to report on issues of the Pacific.

Following on from media training for the students and crew from the Gaualofa at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) two weeks ago, students were invited to submit articles based on presentations at the training, in order to better understand environmental issues and further develop their reporting and story-writing skills.