CIJ requests journalists to do investigative stories

Kathmandu - The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ), Nepal has requested Nepali journalists abroad to do investigative news reports about the state of Nepalis in the respective countries. The journalists working in Europe were asked to report on the concerns and problems facing Nepalis in the continent.

In online training for the journalists in Europe, CIJ Nepal Editor Shiva Gaunle emphasized on the need to bring out the stories of sufferings of the Nepalis is foreign employment. CIJ Nepal advisor and outgoing Chair Namrata Sharma also requested to bring out the issues covering the state of Nepalis in different countries around the world.

In the training, the participants were apprised of the importance of investigative journalism, the ways to do it, selection of topic and issues and safe journalism, among others.