Regional News of Sunday, 28 February 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comCSIR builds journalists’ capacity to promote science reportingThe exercise is airmed towards promoting science reporting for national development. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has held a capacity building workshop for journalists from the public and private media towards promoting science reporting for national development. “One of the outputs of this training is to develop a CSIR press corps who will champion the dissemination of agriculture, science and technology-related information,” Mrs Benedicta Nkrumah-Boateng, the CSIR Head of Corporate Affairs, said. The CSIR has 13 research institutes, over 50 research centres, units and field stations, with more than 400 research scientists. Mr Donald Gwira, Communication Consultant, CSIR/MAG, reminded the journalists of the technical nature of science reporting and urged them to be thorough in their reportage on scientific matters.

Source: GhanaWeb February 28, 2021 18:56 UTC