Karachi journalists connect information access with credible reporting
This report preserves earlier Freedom Gate Pakistan programme experience as part of FGP’s civic-learning and alumni legacy.
On 23–24 December 2024, Freedom Gate Pakistan brought 35 journalists from Sindh together in Karachi to explore a practical question: how can access to official information help reporting withstand misinformation?
Understanding the tools available
The seminar at the Marriott Hotel combined discussion of information-access frameworks with reporting practice. Syed Raza Ali Shah and Ross Mahtani facilitated the programme, with input on the Sindh transparency system and the role of information requests in examining public-service issues.
Applying verification to real stories
Participants worked with news clippings, considered fact-checking methods and discussed how to connect a reporting question with an information request. The archived account records that some participants filed requests during the programme. Naz Baloch contributed remarks at the closing session.
Maintaining professional exchange
A participant group was established for continued resource sharing and contact. This legacy activity preserves a practical approach to media development: combining access to information, ethical judgment and cooperation among journalists.
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