The course aimed to promote due priority of environmental issues in social agenda of Ukraine and increase environmental awareness of Ukrainian citizens through launching an environmental section in the Day newspaper, publishing a manual on environmental journalism, organising a four-week online school of environmental journalism followed by a contest for best environmental journalistic investigation and wide dissemination of the best materials.
The school focused on reporting on war-caused damage to the environment, covering environmental legislation, policy and practice, specifics of investigating and reporting on environmental issues, engaging audience, writing simply about complicated issues and inspiring journalists to work with environmental issues by featuring experience of prominent environmental investigators and journalists.
