Modeling safety challenges journalists faced in reporting anti-police brutality protests (ENDSARS protests) in Nigeria
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2023
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Sage
Abstract
Limited studies exist on the safety challenges that journalists face in reporting conflict related issues within
their localities. This study extends literature in this direction by providing a model that explains the safety chal lenges that journalists faced in reporting the 2020 END SARS protests in Nigeria. The study is a survey of 470
journalists with questionnaire as the instrument for data collection. Results were analysed using Structural
Equation Modeling (SEM). It was found that legal limitations, lack of training on safety and absence of safety
motivational measures constitute the safety challenges that journalists faced in reporting the ENDS SARS pro tests. This information could be beneficial for policy formulation and advocacy within the context of safety of
journalists.