{"id":91738,"date":"2022-12-05T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T08:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ekuatorial.com\/?p=91738"},"modified":"2023-01-20T14:50:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T07:50:34","slug":"twelve-journalists-awarded-ejn-story-grants-to-report-on-air-pollution-in-jakarta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ekuatorial.com\/en\/2022\/12\/twelve-journalists-awarded-ejn-story-grants-to-report-on-air-pollution-in-jakarta\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve journalists awarded EJN story grants to report on air pollution in Jakarta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Air pollution is one of the biggest challenges in Indonesia and across the world, posing serious threats to human health, economy, and the overall ecological balance. Data<\/a> from the Jakarta Environmental Agency air quality monitoring station (SPKU) in Kebon Jeruk shows in 2019, Jakarta experienced 8 days of poor air quality where the PM 2.5 level was above 200. (The U.S. Air Quality Index lists 151-200 as unhealthy air quality, in which some members of the general public<\/a> may experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.)    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air pollution and its associated public health risks have caught the attention of policymakers and researchers, but there is a lack of common understanding of this complex issue by journalists \u2013 and by extension, the general public it is their responsibility to inform.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 2017 report<\/a> published by the World Health Organization in the WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health<\/em> found that air pollution risks are poorly reported on, and coverage is mostly one-dimensional and sometimes even misleading. The limited reporting \u2013 studied in the Indian media context but equally applicable to Indonesia \u2013 could be due to the complex nature of air pollution science and the barriers to understanding air quality data, as well as inadequate information available to journalists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of Clean Air Catalyst, a global consortium that aims to combat air pollution, Internews\u2019 Earth Journalism Network conducted a workshop from 2-4 August, 2022<\/a> in Jakarta, Indonesia, to train 27 journalists to improve their knowledge of air pollution issue, and to further strengthen the quality and quantity of air pollution coverage in Jakarta.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An open story grant call was then announced for journalists to put the training they received into practice. After careful consideration, EJN has selected 12 journalists across media platforms for story grants to report on air pollution in Jakarta:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n