Thomson Reuters Foundation’s ‘S’ in ESG: Reporting on Corporate Social Impact offers an excellent opportunity for financial, business and/or investigative journalists in South Africa to gather virtually for training, knowledge sharing, expert sessions and network building.
The Programme will be delivered by world-class trainers and experts and uses Thomson Reuters Foundation’s unique ‘dual track’ approach, which trains journalists and CSO representatives in parallel, and provides opportunities for networking and collaborative story development. This approach strengthens trust between journalists and NGOs/CSOs.
The training will have a unique focus on the use of various sources of financial and non-financial data as a means of assessing corporate social performance, the ‘S’ in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance). As ESG investment increases worldwide, there remains no standardized model of social impact assessment, leading to discrepancies between corporate practice and disclosure. Effective data analysis can help journalists uncover these inconsistencies, ensuring that they and their newsrooms are reporting accurately on these matters. This, in turn, will support efforts to both increase and improve corporate disclosure and transparency on social issues, expanding the data pool available.
WORTH
Demonstrate a strong understanding of the key issues regarding corporate social performance in South Africa.
Analyse the media’s role in reporting on social investment issues in the region.
Apply foundational data skills to analyse government, NGO and CSO data on social investments.
Adopt tools and techniques to analyse relevant data on social performance of companies/sectors.
Identify ‘S’ in ESG themes and story ideas to pitch for a personal or group story project.
Investigate company/sector discrepancies between disclosure and actual performance on social issues.
Better protect your reporting and sources in a digital world.
ELIGIBILITY
Data, business, financial and investigative journalists with experience or strong interest in business and human rights, financial journalism, and/or business’ social performance.
Applicants must be based in South Africa.
Applicants must be full-time journalists or regular contributors for media organisations with a minimum of three years’ professional experience.
Applicants must have a high proficiency level of spoken and written English.
Applicants must have access to a minimum internet speed of 8 MB/second. You can check the speed of your device by logging onto www.speedtest.net.
DEADLINE: November 15 2022
To apply and for more information, visit here
