COP 19 media workshops

Ms. Sun is a senior reporter on City Desk of Southern Metropolis Daily, the largest daily in Southern China with a circulation of 1.8 million. Previously, she served as a business reporter for the 21st Century Herald. Sun covered the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development and also COP 18.

Mr. Shaikh is a passionate climate change journalist with more than 14 years of experience in print, online and broadcast journalism.  Based in Pakistan, he has written for AlertNet Climate, The News, Daily Dawn, Geo News TV and DawnNews TV. Mr. Shaikh also trains journalists on environmental, disaster, development and science reporting.

Mr. Okella is an independent journalist and producer based in Kampala, Uganda, with twelve years of experience as a reporter. He works as News Editor/Environmental Journalist at Radio Simba-Uganda and has worked with the BBC, Farm Radio, and Free Speech Radio News. He has covered UNFCCC negotiations since 2009.

Ms. Mulenga is a senior correspondent for Pan African News Agency and has spent nearly a decade focusing on the environmental beat. Now based in Lusaka, Zambia, she started her career as a reporter with PANAPRESS, an African continental news agency with a presence in almost all member states of the Africa Union.  She has covered UNFCCC negotiations for several years.

Ms. Abano is a journalist and media trainer specializing in climate change. She is the Founder and President of the Philippine Network of Environmental Journalists, Inc. and is the first Filipino to receive the 2009 Developing Asia Journalist of the Year award and the United Nations Correspondents Association Award for excellence in reporting. She has covered UNFCCC negotiations since 2007.

Mr. Brown is the lead environment correspondent for the global news agency Inter Press Service (IPS) in the Caribbean. He has been worked for more than 10 television and radio stations in the Caribbean as an anchor, a writer and a producer.

Mr. Ageyo is the Managing Editor of the Kenya Television Network (KTN) based in Nairobi. He is widely acclaimed as having pioneered environmental journalism on television in Kenya. He was the first TV journalist to start a regular slot for an environmental feature, and in 2001 was declared environmental journalist of the year by the National Media Trust. He has covered multiple UNFCCC negotiations.

Ms. Giovana is a Brazilian journalist working at O Estado de S. Paulo, one of the biggest daily newspapers in Brazil with a tradition of environmental coverage. She has a Masters in Journalism and has been working on scientific and environmental issues for more than 10 years. 

Mr. Chance is a national of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and has been a journalist since 2002. He covers a wide range of issues, including the environment. He has been a correspondent for the Caribbean Media Corporation since 2004 and has also worked in the media in Taiwan. He also owns and operates I-Witness News (www.iwnsvg.com). 

Ms. Oblitas has been a journalist at Los Tiempos newspaper in Bolivia for almost 13 years. She specializes in research and environmental issues. She won first place for 2007 environmental reporting in Bolivia and Latin America and third place for 2010 environmental reporting in Bolivia. She is also a photographer and has covered the previous three UNFCCC negotiations. 

Mr. Dogbe has been a Togolese journalist since 1993. He worked first as an anchor, journalist and head of promotion at Radio kanal Plus. In 1999, he left the radio to create a new radio station. He has also been a correspondent for Radio France Internationale.

Mr. Michael is a journalist with the Uganda Radio Network, and one of the few journalists in Uganda extensively reporting on the environment and Climate Change. He won first place in the 2012 clean development mechanism (CDM) African Radio Contest for his radio feature about the CDM and hydroelectric power projects in Uganda. He was also Uganda’s 2007 investigative journalist of the year. He has covered UNFCCC negotiations for several years.

Mr. Ingrassia is a journalist for the Argentinian national newspaper La Nacion. He is a dedicated staff journalist for the online edition, covering scientific and medical issues around the world. He finds covering climate change to be a fascinating challenge.

URMI GOSWAMI

Ms. Goswami works as a special correspondent with The Economic Times. She writes on the environment and climate change, as well as other issues like rural development, politics and education. She has reported on industry and the energy sector, including renewable energy, and also contributes to The Economic Times' blog, Grey Matters, writing on issues including climate change and development.