Angola: Artists will train journalists

The National Union for Plastic Artists (UNAP) is planning to train Angolan journalists on arts and culture enabling them to make a better coverage of the local arts’ movement. A 3-months training is aimed at providing tools to specialized journalists both from the public and the private media, particularly those who are members of the Association of Cultural Journalists(AJC). “We are conscious that journalists may do a better job if given new and right tools on arts and culture”, said Antonio Tomas "Tona", Unap’s general secretary. “The unsuccessful coverage by the journalists on arts is perfectly understandable as throughout the years the headlines were about war”, he added. Tona believes that journalists need to learn some basic arts’ concepts. The Union will count on its own trainers to set up a special program for journalists in the coming days. It is not yet clear when the training will start.