{"id":9500,"date":"2022-02-02T08:27:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T08:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/journalists-scoop-life-changing-awards"},"modified":"2022-02-02T08:51:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T08:51:39","slug":"journalists-scoop-life-changing-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/journalists-scoop-life-changing-awards","title":{"rendered":"Journalists scoop life changing awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The British High Commission\u2019s Climate Change and Environmental Reporting Competition has finally announced the winners who went away with a M10 000 worth HP i5 laptop each and M20 000 equipment voucher for their respective media houses.<\/p>\n

Informative Newspaper<\/b><\/p>\n

Journalist Liapeng Raliengoane scooped the first and only award under the Print Category with her article \u201cSustainable farming methods increase resilience to climate change\u201d which educates about conservation agriculture<\/p>\n

and land rehabilitation techniques while Banana Hatahata from the Ultimate FM won under the Radio\/TV Category for her radio programme \u201cClimate change and gender inequalities\u201d which stressed the effects<\/p>\n

of climate shocks on the most vulnerable in the society. The prestigious awarding ceremony was held on Friday. Raliengoane\u2019s winning article also made strides on international platforms such as Climate Tracker and Haki Nawiri<\/p>\n

Afrika. She was also commented by the British High Commission for publishing and submitting many feature articles on Climate Change and Environmental Protection.<\/p>\n

She was reportedly scored highest by the two adjudicators. While receiving the award at the ceremony, Raliengoane indicated that she felt honoured and humbled to be<\/p>\n

receiving such an important award which is a motivation to her as she has been and continues reporting on Climate Change and Environmental Protection.<\/p>\n

She expressed gratitude to God, British High Commission, BAM Media, her News Sources, Colleagues and everyone who helped her. She said the competition<\/p>\n

journey was tough and challenging though educational, as she had to conduct wide research, intensive interviews and experienced disappointments at some<\/p>\n

stage. \u201cClimate Change is a topic very close to my heart. I began writing intensively about it after the Journalists Training on Climate Change and Environmental Protection Reporting<\/p>\n

facilitated by the Ministry of Energy and Meteorology,\u201d Raliengoane highlighted. Conducted for opinion, Southern Breed Innovation Climate Ambassador, Letsatsi Lekhooa mentioned that these<\/p>\n

awards serve as a good start for motivation of journalists. He mentioned that Lesotho needs to have more climate and environmental reporters. He added that<\/p>\n

these awards are important as they give drive to people so that they continue writing articles related to climate change, also to teach communities about<\/p>\n

climate change issues. \u201cFor the sake of the country I think the articles should be translated to Sesotho so that people in the communities should understand<\/p>\n

more about climate change. Going forward we should diversify the language so that people from remote areas like Quthing and Qacha\u2019s Nek understand the<\/p>\n

message,\u201d he noted. He also urged the winning journalists to continue advocating for climate change and reporting about it. He mentioned that journalists should make climate change reporting a norm,<\/p>\n

saying people need to engage in climate change issues and try to understand it, \u201cmaybe a lot more other journalists can start reporting about climate change in<\/p>\n

both Sesotho and English,\u201d he suggested. Also present at the award ceremony, British High Commissioner Her Excellency Anne Macro acknowledged and thanked all journalists who are playing these important roles of holding the government<\/p>\n

to account for and educating the public on climate change issues. \u201cI would like to thank particularly those who took part in this competition. Thank you for<\/p>\n

the effort you have all put in scouting the stories, conducting research, holding numerous interviews, some in remote corners of Lesotho, perfecting the writing script and thank you for the enthusiasm with which you have taken on these tasks which came through in your reporting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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