By Anne Robi
JOURNALISTS
in the country have been advised to engage in writing constructive
issues that protect benefits and the country's interests.
The advice was
given in Dar es Salaam yesterday by the Executive Director of the Media
Council of Tanzania (MCT), Mr Kajubi Mukajanga in a speech read on his
behalf by MCT Officer Mr Paul Malimbo.
He counseled
journalists to try as much as they can to avoid reporting on events with
no impact in the country but instead focus on constructive and
investigative issues in order to avoid being banned from the field.
He was speaking in
an event in which journalists specialising on conservation issues
decided to form an organisation to educate the society and sensitise
stakeholders on the need to preserve the country's wildlife and other
natural resources.
Mr Mukajanga also
commended the journalists for forming up the organisation, stressing the
need for them to write more and promote the tourism sector in the
country
The Tanzania
Journalists for Conservation Organisation (TJCO) which was launched
yesterday will help empower more journalists in the country to embark
and specialise on issues concerning the country's wildlife resources for
the country's good fortune.
"TJCO main
objective is to help educate local communities to protect their
wildlife, promote natural resources and guard against poaching in the
country," said the Chairman of the Organisation, Mr Charles Ngereza.
He said that the
wildlife conservation sector faces many challenges, including lack of
public awareness on the importance of conserving wildlife among others.
"Take the case of
Mount Kilimanjaro for instance, where people, especially foreign
journalists, claim that the mountain is not in Tanzania," he said,
adding that the problem behind the claim is attributed by lack of public
awareness to promote and preserve the country's wildlife resources.
On the other hand,
the Patron of the Organisation, Mr Meyasi Mollel said the body will
empower journalists with passion on conservation through trainings and
exchange awareness programmes with foreign journalists in order to
better educate the public and the nation at large on the need of
protecting wildlife animals and other resources.
He said that the
organisation will also come up with a programme to award outstanding
journalists in the wildlife conservation reporting.
"The organisation
will be in the forefront of the war against poaching by educating local
communities and sensitise stakeholders to protect wildlife," he said,
adding that journalists from the organisation will also be working
together with foreign journalists who come in the country to report on
wildlife resources.
Mr Mollel who is
the Director of Serengeti Preservation Foundation (SPF) said the move
will also help control foreign journalists from publicising unpleasant
news that breach the country's wildlife image
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