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AccountingEconomics of Extractive Industries (i.e.oil, mining, gas)Investigative ReportingCorporate FinanceEconomic DevelopmentBusiness ReportingStock MarketsCorporate Reporting/Financial ResultsRetail CompaniesMacroeconomic IndicatorsNew media/new technologyOnline resources of economicinformationOther:23. After completing the training, did you switch jobs in your organization?____ Yes____ No24. If Yes, what was your new job?25. If yes, did your pay increase?____ Yes____ No26. After completing the training, did you take a job in another organization?____ Yes____ No27. If yes, what was your new job and what kind of organization was it?– 106 –
28. What are the most important challenges journalists face when reporting on business andeconomics?Type of ChallengeLack of Freedom of Information ActLibel LawsPolitical and Business Pressure Not to PublishThreat of Violence Against JournalistsLack of Adequate Knowledge and Skills of JournalistsPoor Pay for JournalistsInadequate Internet Access for JournalistsLack of New Media and Internet Skills AmongJournalistsOther:VeryImportantImportantNotImportantIf you have covered extractive industries (oil, mining, gas, etc.) please answer the followingquestion:29. In your opinion, rate the importance of each way to promote the transparency of governmentrevenues from extractive industries in your country? Please mark them as very important, importantor not important.Way to Promote TransparencyVeryImportantImportantNotImportantRequire companies to publish what they pay to governmentRequire central government to release what the districts are gettingRequire local government to be more open about how they spend theirmoneyPromote greater freedom of informationPromote legal reform and government adherence to lawsReduce Censorship of JournalistsImprove Economic Reporting Knowledge and Skills of JournalistsPromote citizen journalism (teach everyday people how to blog andreport using New Media)– 107 –
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THEREWILLBE INKA study of journalis
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AcknowledgementsThis paper has bene
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Executive SummaryPurpose of the Rep
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journalists in these countries that
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Existing International Training Opp
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• Consumer Affairs and Informatio
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Background 3Of the three countries
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pervasive conflict in the Niger Del
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3) Crises or disruptions, where som
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Low pay and low regardOne of the mo
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Even in cases where working journal
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But while some reporters think FOIB
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When asked how much the media could
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the effects of these challenges for
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detailed analysis of the opportunit
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journalist said he has, however,
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completely make use of some of the
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money. Their knowledge of what medi
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Notes on conducting research in Nig
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evenues each year,” 106 which wou
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entertainment news, scandals, and p
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The rise of business-focused journa
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coverage of the oil industry is als
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needed supplementary income to cash
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as supporting one political party o
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Numerous journalists recounted how
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Training programs available to busi
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Amos Safo, editor-in-chief at the p
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