Six journalists have just started a six-month fellowship focused entirely on development reporting in the Niger Delta, backed by PIND and a Pan-Atlantic University initiative.
The programme is designed to push reporting beyond the familiar conflict and crisis narratives that have long defined how the region gets covered. The goal is to build a stronger culture of evidence-based journalism, the kind that holds development efforts accountable with data and depth rather than drama.
The Niger Delta has one of the richest concentrations of oil wealth on the continent, yet communities there have waited decades for development that matches that resource base. Fellowships like this one matter because the stories that get told, and how they get told, shape what funders, policymakers, and the public decide to pay attention to.
Six journalists. Six months. Watch this space.
Originally published by Premium Times.