Training & Exchanges
Reporting on Cross-Border Issues of Mutual Concern
Sep 05, 2022 - Sep 10, 2022
Media
Politics & International Relations
India
Pakistan
Participants from the 2022 Cross-Border Journalism Summit take a selfie.
Contact
Susan Kreifels
+1.808.944.7176

Part of: Cross-Border Journalism Initiatives

Program

The East-West Center gathered 60 Pakistan and Indian journalists for a weeklong workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 5-10, 2022 to plan cross-border stories. Participant journalists collaborated to produce more than 20 unique stories that ran more than 70 times in news media across Pakistan and India, as well as several international outlets.

US and Asian media experts at the workshop led sessions on best practices in reporting on the four workshop topics: economy and trade; agriculture and water management; health; and environment. Additional workshops covered multimedia skills, peace journalism principles, investigative journalism and fact-checking. Journalists also participated in reporting field trips in and around Kathmandu and heard local speakers present on Nepal and regional issues as well as media challenges.

While journalists waited for the in-person program in Kathmandu during the pandemic, they were able to network and develop professional relationships as well as friendships through a series of virtual workshops and active posting on social media. The journalists continue to collaborate on stories, fact-check, arrange interviews, share perspectives, and support one another via social media, in addition to establishing a website on cross-border collaboration as a resource for others.

Publications

Note: India Blooms News Service is a news agency that syndicates stories to media organizations across India. Each of the cross-border stories submitted to India Blooms was published in numerous Indian and international publications.

Agriculture & Water

Water Management
Raksha Kumar (IN), Ghulam Mustafa (PK), & Khuldune Shahid (PK)

Land Record Digitization
Attiq Ahmad (PK), Laxmi Devi (IN), Naveen S. Garewal (IN), Shiraz Hasnat (PK)

Organic Farming
Javed Iqbal (PK), Muhammad Irtaza (PK), George Kallivayalil (IN), & Nischal Sanghavi (IN)

Cotton Farming
Peer Azees (IN), Sukrut Karandikar (IN), Ghulam Mustafa (PK), & Alina Tariq (PK)

Economy & Trade

Women Entrepreneurs
Anum Hanif (PK), Lubna Jerar Naqvi (PK), Shreya Pareek (IN), & Zeba Warsi (IN)

Cottage Industries
Tahir Amin (PK) & Biswajeet Banerjee (IN)

Flooding & Tourism
K. Rajendran (IN), Iffat Hasan Rizvi (PK), Sai Manish (IN)

Environment

Plastics Pollution
Shaista Hakim (PK), Junejo Sanam (PK), Ashwini Shrivastava (IN)

Trans Activists Fighting Climate Change
Lubna Jerar Naqvi (PK) & Priyadarshini Sen (IN)

Deforestation
Sai Kiran (IN) & Ahmed Tanveer (PK)

Climate Reporting
Lubna Jerar Naqvi (PK) & Priyadarshini Sen (IN)

Health

Maternal Mortality Mainbar
Abantika Ghosh (IN) & Amer Malik (PK)

Maternal Mortality Sidebar
Wisal Yousafzai (PK)

COVID-19 & Mental Health
Devina Buckshee (IN) & Rabia Ahmed (PK)

COVID-19 Booster Hesitancy
B. Vijay Murty (IN) & contributors Adeel Jafry (PK), Urvashi Kapoor (IN), Najia Mir (PK), & Syed Sibte Hassan Rizvi (PK)