ABSTRACT
Nigeria’s media has the potential to be divided along ethnic and religious lines. This chapter presents a method of news reportage using the Peace Journalism model. During the training period, journalists wanted to know how Peace Journalism can be applied to stem the scourge of terrorism which was at its peak in Northcentral Nigeria at that time. Throughout the course of the training implementation and analysis of data, several themes emerged. First, journalists were unanimous in their position that they indeed have the “power” to nurture a culture of peace in the society. Second, journalists were of the opinion that the poor remuneration, which is a common problem among Nigerian journalists, makes them easy prey for politicians courting favourable coverage and makes it difficult for them to be objective and non-partisan in their reportage. Third, adequate training and retraining of journalists have a great positive impact on their reportage style, particularly their conflict-sensitive reportage of sociocultural and sociopolitical issues.
