{"id":92067,"date":"2022-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ekuatorial.com\/?p=92067"},"modified":"2022-12-01T01:39:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:39:45","slug":"ejn-hosts-media-workshop-on-air-pollution-for-journalists-in-jakarta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ekuatorial.com\/en\/2022\/08\/ejn-hosts-media-workshop-on-air-pollution-for-journalists-in-jakarta\/","title":{"rendered":"EJN hosts media workshop on air pollution for journalists in Jakarta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Worldwide, air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human life. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 7 million people die every year due to indoor and outdoor air pollution, and that 99% of the global population lives in places where the WHO air quality guidelines levels are not met.  <\/p>\t\t

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To learn more about the causes and impacts of air pollution \u2013 and how to report on it more effectively, 26 journalists from Jakarta, Indonesia, attended a media workshop on air pollution in Jakarta from August 2-4.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The training, entitled \u201cAir Pollution in Jakarta: Sources and impacts\u201d, was organized by Internews\u2019 Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and the global Clean Air Catalyst project <\/a>consortium, funded by the United State Agency for International Development (USAID).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The journalists \u2013 both full-time and freelance \u2013 represented 25 local and leading national media organizations including broadcast television, business dailies, data journalism portals, radio stations and environmental magazines. More than half the participants were women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three-day workshop featured trainers and speakers from the Clean Air Catalyst consortium, including Dinas Lingkungan Hidup (DLH), the government-owned environmental services in Jakarta; USAID Indonesia; and Remotivi, a research organization studying the depth and spread of misinformation related to air quality in Jakarta.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhammad Shidiq of World Resources Institute (WRI) presented on the Clean Air Catalyst project, its goals and its vision, while Ginanjar Syuhada of Vital Strategies spoke about the health impacts of air pollution on local populations. Cynthia Maharani, gender equality expert at WRI, discussed the gendered effects of poor air quality, explaining how women and children are more vulnerable to air pollution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amy Sim, Senior Asia Program Manager at EJN, presented the findings of the Information Ecosystem Assessment study EJN conducted in 2021 to determine what kind of air pollution-related information citizens of Jakarta want, where they get it, and which information sources they trust.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Journalists in Jakarta are generally aware of the fact that air pollution is a growing environmental and health challenge in the city. But they rarely get a chance to discuss this openly with science, data and health experts who are working on air quality,\u201d said Stella Paul, Clean Air Catalyst project manager at EJN.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the workshop, journalists had the opportunity to ask questions of issue experts as well as officials from the local government. In addition, journalists went on a day-long visit to one of the city\u2019s heavily polluted areas and interacted with the community members including women and the elderly to learn more about their struggles against air pollution.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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