In order to strengthen democracy, Tusagassiuinermi Sulisut Peqatigiiffiat (TP) will teach Greenlanders without journalism training in journalism from September this year, which will last for half a year.
In collaboration with Denmark’s Journalisthøjskole (DMJX) from September and a year and a half from the Greenland Association of Journalists will train seven people in Nuuk to solve the problem of the lack of Greenlandic-speaking journalists.
Six unskilled journalists and one influencer (a person who spreads opinions on the internet, ed.) will be trained in KNR.
IN Tusagassiuinermi Sulisut Peqatigiiffiat (TP) are proud to announce that their initiative for personal restoration of education is now becoming a reality.
– For years we have complained about the authorities and asked them to do something, but we are proud that we can now do more than just criticize, says Arnaq Nielsen, chairman of TP to Sermitsiaq.
Will strengthen democracy
In these critical times, the lack of Greenlandic-speaking journalists threatens democracy in Greenland.
– The need for reliable news in the Greenlandic language is increasing, so journalists with cultural knowledge are essential today, says Arnaq Nielsen.
It is important that those who only speak Greenlandic can be contacted in their mother tongue.
– We are in Greenland, and we have fellow citizens who speak no other language than Greenlandic, so if we do not include those who only speak Greenlandic, we may lose the people who only speak Greenlandic in the news. It is therefore very important that we have more Greenlandic-speaking journalists, says Arnaq Nielsen.
Arnaq Nielsen says that everyone should know and appreciate the value of journalism.
Financing of the education
The necessary funds to retrain unskilled journalists working in the media have been found.
The chairman of TP explained that the project received DKK 300,000 from Politikens Fond and DKK 800,000 from Oak Foundation Denmark.
Increased funding of the news media
Naalakkersuisut has expressed their support for the project in writing, but has not provided financial support.
The chairman points out that the public is hesitant to give subsidies to the news media, and according to her, last year even more ads were given to Facebook than the news media in this country.
And Naalakkersuisut is encouraged to invest more in the news media.
– It is a pity that Naalakkersuisut has not contributed to this project. I hope that they will be able to do so in the future, says Arnaq Nielsen.
