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Given these figures, only 26.7% of the total participants have been trained while 69.8% have never been trained. 15 out of 24 (62.5%) who report education beat have never been trained on education reporting. 70.6 of those who report general beat have never been trained on education reporting. Thus, the relevance of JDP in equipping journalists with information cannot be over emphasized.
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The purpose of this study is to
ascertain the training needs of
journalists who were sensitized
under the Journalism Development
Program to help in the design of
interventions during the State and
National capacity building.
The data were collected within three
months (July –September 2012) at
different times in the locations. Out of
the total number sensitized, 134 are
journalists while the other 33
participants are from CSOs. However,
116 out of the 134 journalists
submitted the assessment forms
analysed as follows:
A total of 116 media practitioners were surveyed, out of
which 33 are female and 83 are male. 17 journalists
from Abuja participated in the study, out of which
35.3% are female and 64.7% are male. In Enugu, 80%
are male and the other 20% are females. The figure
from Jigawa indicate that 90.9% are Male and only 9.1%
are female. It is only in Kano where the number of
female equals that of male though Lagos gender
distribution is almost balance as 47.1% were female
and 52.9 are male. The distribution in Kwara and
Kaduna are not too different from what obtains in
Enugu, Abuja and Jigawa.
GENDER
State Female Male TOTAL
AbujaRow %Col %
635.318.2
1164.713.3
17100.014.7
EnuguRow %Col %
420.012.1
1680.019.3
20100.017.2
JigawaRow %Col %
19.13.0
1090.912.0
11100.0
9.5
KadunaRow %Col %
318.89.1
1381.315.7
16100.013.8
KanoRow %Col %
650.018.2
650.07.2
12100.010.3
KwaraRow %Col %
521.715.2
1878.321.7
23100.019.8
LagosRow %Col %
847.124.2
952.910.8
17100.014.7
TOTALRow %Col %
3328.4
100.0
8371.6
100.0
116100.0100.0
GENDER
Category Female Male TOTAL
Unknown MediaRow %Col %
00.00.0
1100.0
1.2
1100.0
0.9
PrintRow %Col %
1317.339.4
6282.774.7
75100.064.7
RadioRow %Col %
1344.839.4
1655.219.3
29100.025.0
Radio and TelevisionRow %Col %
00.00.0
1100.0
1.2
1100.0
0.9
TelevisionRow %Col %
770.021.2
330.03.6
10100.0
8.6
TOTALRow %Col %
3328.4
100.0
8371.6
100.0
116100.0100.0
62.1% of the participants work in private media
organisations while 34.5% work in government-owned media
organisations. Table 2.1 reveals that majority 80% of the
participants who work for television in this study do so for
government medium. The same applies to radio as 62.1%
who report for radio do so in government establishment.
Hence, the need to seek alternative means of disseminating
rejected/critical stories. The reverse is the case in the case of
print where 78.7% of the participants work in private publishing
houses though 18.7% report for government-owned
newspapers.
Category Missing Government Joint Private TOTAL
MissingRow %Col %
00.00.0
00.00.0
00.00.0
1100.0
1.4
1100.0
0.9
PrintRow %Col %
11.3
33.3
1418.735.0
11.3
100.0
5978.781.9
75100.064.7
RadioRow %Col %
26.9
66.7
1862.145.0
00.00.0
931.012.5
29100.025.0
Radio and Television
Row %Col %
00.00.0
00.00.0
00.00.0
1100.0
1.4
1100.0
0.9
TelevisionRow %Col %
00.00.0
880.020.0
00.00.0
220.02.8
10100.0
8.6
TOTALRow %Col %
32.6
100.0
4034.5
100.0
10.9
100.0
7262.1
100.0
116100.0100.0
Table 3.1: shows that 73.3% of the
participants report general beat while
20.7% report education. Because most of
the participants are correspondents, it
may be assumed that this number cannot
cover all the education issues in the
community
Hence the need to recruit journalists at
state level most of who report the
general beat. Training of this set of
journalists is imperative by providing
them with information about the
education sector so as to have more
journalists reporting the education
sector.
Regular Beat Frequency Percent Cum Percent
Missing 6 5.2% 5.2%
Education 24 20.7% 25.9%
general Beat 85 73.3% 99.1%
Health 1 0.9% 100.0%
Total 116 100.0% 100.0%
The experience of the majority of participants
range from 1 to 15 yrs. The highest range is
between 5-10yrs 32.8%, followed by 1-5yrs
(27.6%) and 11-15yrs (25%). Yet, the highest
number of participants have been on their
current beat in the last 5yrs followed by 31%
who have been on their current beat within the
last 10yrs. Very few people have maintained
their beat in the last 15yrs. This shows that
there are likelihood of participants changing
beats but not rapid.
Experience in Journalism
Frequency Percent Cum Percent
Missing 1 0.9% 0.9%
11-15yrs 29 25.0% 25.9%
1-5yrs 32 27.6% 53.4%
20 above 14 12.1% 65.5%
5-10yrs 38 32.8% 98.3%
less than 1yrs 2 1.7% 100.0%
Total 116 100.0% 100.0%
Experience on current beat
Frequency Percent Cum Percent
Missing 30 25.9% 25.9%
11-15yrs 4 3.4% 29.3%
1-5yrs 42 36.2% 65.5%
20 above 4 3.4% 69.0%
5-10yrs 36 31.0% 100.0%
Total 116 100.0% 100.0%
When asked how long the participants
have been reporting education, 74.1%
have reported education at one point in
time. 66.3% have reported education
within the last 10years while 46.5% have
reported education within the last 5years.
Given these figures, only 26.7% of the total
participants have been trained while 69.8%
have never been trained. 15 out of 24
(62.5%) who report education beat have
never been trained on education reporting.
70.6 of those who report general beat have
never been trained on education reporting.
Thus, the relevance of JDP in equipping
journalists with information cannot be over
emphasized.
Frequency Percent Cum Percent
Yes 31 26.7% 26.7%
No 81 69.8% 96.6%
Unknown 4 3.4% 100.0%
Total 116 100.0% 100.0%
Unknown Education general Beat Health TOTAL
YesRow %Col %
00.00.0
825.833.3
2374.227.1
00.00.0
31100.0
26.7
NoRow %Col %
56.2
83.3
1518.562.5
6074.170.6
11.2
100.0
81100.0
69.8
UnknownRow %Col %
125.016.7
125.0
4.2
250.0
2.4
00.00.0
4100.0
3.4
TOTALRow %Col %
65.2
100.0
2420.7
100.0
8573.3
100.0
10.9
100.0
116100.0100.0
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TRAINED ON EDUCATION REPORTING?
State Yes No Unknown TOTAL
AbujaRow %Col %
423.512.9
1270.614.8
15.9
25.0
17100.014.7
EnuguRow %Col %
420.012.9
1470.017.3
210.050.0
20100.017.2
JigawaRow %Col %
545.516.1
654.57.4
00.00.0
11100.0
9.5
KadunaRow %Col %
00.00.0
16100.019.8
00.00.0
16100.013.8
KanoRow %Col %
541.716.1
650.07.4
18.3
25.0
12100.010.3
KwaraRow %Col %
939.129.0
1460.917.3
00.00.0
23100.019.8
LagosRow %Col %
423.512.9
1376.516.0
00.00.0
17100.014.7
TOTALRow %Col %
3126.7
100.0
8169.8
100.0
43.4
100.0
116100.0100.0
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TRAINED ON EDUCATION REPORTING?
Experience in Journalism
Yes No Unknown TOTAL
UnknownRow %Col %
00.00.0
00.00.0
1100.025.0
1100.0
0.9
11-15yrsRow %Col %
931.029.0
2069.024.7
00.00.0
29100.025.0
1-5yrsRow %Col %
721.922.6
2578.130.9
00.00.0
32100.027.6
20 aboveRow %Col %
428.612.9
964.311.1
17.1
25.0
14100.012.1
5-10yrsRow %Col %
1128.935.5
2565.830.9
25.3
50.0
38100.032.8
less than 1yrsRow %Col %
00.00.0
2100.0
2.5
00.00.0
2100.0
1.7
TOTALRow %Col %
3126.7
100.0
8169.8
100.0
43.4
100.0
116100.0100.0
Lack of training opportunities
Not Invited
Failure on the media houses to train their
reporters
The nature of the work does not give several
opportunities for training
Because they are not assigned to the
education beat
