I have the pleasure to participate as a facilitator in the two-day long Training of Trainers on Road Safety Journalism in Bangladesh. This significant event took place on March 2-3 at the Savar CCDB Hope Center, focusing on enhancing the reporting skills of journalists in road safety, employing the Safe System Approach. Two-day long Training of Trainers on Road Safety Journalism organized by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication (BNNRC), supported by the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP). The training aimed to equip 21 journalists with the knowledge and skills necessary to report on road safety effectively. Participants were selected from a wide range of media outlets such as Daily Newspaper; Independent TV; Public and Private TV channels; Online News Portals; and News Agencies!

1. Constructive Journalism for
Road Safety
AHM Bazlur Rahman| Executive Coordinator|
Bangladesh Initiative for Unified Voices on
Global Digital Compact &
UN Summit of the Future 2024
ceo@bnnrc.net | +8801711881647

2. Audiences are fed-
up with the
sensationalism &
negativity bias of the
news — but the media
can still correct course,
and in turn better
serve our democracies.
The Three Pillars –
solutions,
nuance &
democratic conversation
Reference
https://constructiveinstitute.org/why/
Why Constructive
Journalism?

4. How it works

5. How To
Incorporate
Solution Focused
Stories into Road
Safety
Journalism
Key Takeaways
Focus on solutions
1. Involve everyone.
Special teams help kick start constructive journalism
output but ultimately the whole newsroom needs to be
involved not a dedicated section.
2. Audience support.
Solutions stories are popular with mass people
3. Longer segments.
Constructive journalism in a news may need longer
segments than straight news.

6. Key Takeaways
1. Truth is not black and white.
Sometimes the truth is not black and white, and audiences
distrust journalism that depicts the world through a simplistic
lens.
2. Calm and curious discussions.
Counterintuitively, audiences welcome an opportunity to delve
into complex issues without neat answers.
3. Offers specialized insights. Giving external
experts and editorial role offers specialized insights and integrity
to the journalism.
4. Resources.
Projects such as Nuancerer require extra resources in terms of
manpower and time.
How To
Embrace Nuance
in Road Safety
Journalism
New headline
format |
Expert panel |
Visual identity|
Videos|
Tone |
Cover nuances

7. Key Takeaways
1. New debate culture.
Audiences, particularly young audiences, want a new kind of
debate format. They are tired of the blame-and-shame
culture.
2. Calm and curious discussions.
Stakeholders are capable of calm and curious discussion if
they are given a new format in which to discuss their views.
3. In-depth analysis.
discussions offer more information and in-depth analysis for
audiences without the conflict and point scoring.
How To Cover
Curious Debate
& Effective Road
Safety News

8. Constructive journalism for Road
Safety is:
• Aiming to be critical, objective and
balanced
• Tackling road safety issues facing
society
• Based on facts and unbiased
• Calm in its tone
• Does not give in to scandals and
outrage
• Bridging, not polarizing
• Forward-looking and future-oriented
• Nuanced, contextualized & Knowledge
Driven
Aim to revitalize the news
media. Key related
approaches include
solutions journalism,
which focuses on the first
of our Three Pillars, and
dialogue journalism, which
focuses on journalists’
work to engage audiences,
foster ROAD SAFETY
ISSUES and increase trust
in the media.
Constructive journalism for
Road Safety

9. Journalist
Fellowship
Fellowship Guideline |
Mentoring Guideline
1.Progress – So
Far
2.Challenges
3.Opportunities
4.Way forward