Nestle, CEJ - IBA organizes workshop for journalists.

LAHORE -- Nestle Pakistan in collaboration with the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) organized a one day workshop for nutrition and health reporters on "Basics of Nutrition and Health Reporting: Nutrition as a source of News'. The training was attended by more than twenty print, broadcast and digital journalists from various media organizations. The workshop was led by CEJ Director Kamal Siddiqi with a host of guest speakers including nutritionists, policy experts as well as senior journalists. The course targeted entry and mid-level journalists covering health and business beats. The training elaborated on the nutrition profile of Pakistan and highlighted the reasons which make nutrition such a crucial issue.

There were sessions on Pakistan's health system and policies, its particular issues with, a special focus on nutrition as a source of news in a country where malnutrition is widespread. According to the Nutrition Survey of Pakistan 2019...