Social Media Operators/Influencers have been tasked to constantly verify their facts if they were to earn reasonable reputation like the conventional media.
The charge was made by Delta State Governor Dr Ifeanyi Okowa at the 2nd edition of the Delta state Strategic Communication Workshop organized for media aides, journalists, social media influencers and bloggers . The event was held at the Orchid Hotel, Asaba.
The theme of the workshop was Effective Communication and Media Crisis Management in Governance: Challenges and Solutions was designed to enhance the potentials and skills of participants.
Represented by the State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu said the aim of the workshop was to improve and sharpen the knowledge and skills of media aides in line with Government agenda in the area of human capital development, skills acquisition, vocational training and effective communication through appropriate channels .
Chief of staff to the Governor, Chief David Edevbie emphasized the importance of communication to any goverment and also called for development of a Communications policy in the state.
Earlier in his welcome address, Executive Assistant on Communications to Governor Fred Latimore, expressed gratitude to the governor to giving the participants the opportunity to learn.
He also emphasized the aim of the workshop as a platform to train media bloggers to work in line with ethics of journalism.
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