Constructive Journalism for

Road Safety
AHM Bazlur Rahman| Executive Coordinator|
Bangladesh Initiative for Unified Voices on
Global Digital Compact &
UN Summit of the Future 2024
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Why Constructive The Three Pillars –
Journalism? solutions,
nuance &
Audiences are fed- democratic conversation
up with the Reference

sensationalism & https://constructiveinstitute.org/why/

negativity bias of the

news — but the media
can still correct course,
and in turn better
serve our democracies.
How it works
How To Key Takeaways
Incorporate Focus on solutions

Solution Focused 1. Involve everyone.

Stories into Road Special teams help kick start constructive journalism
Safety output but ultimately the whole newsroom needs to be
involved not a dedicated section.
Journalism
2. Audience support.
Solutions stories are popular with mass people

3. Longer segments.
Constructive journalism in a news may need longer
segments than straight news.
 Key Takeaways
How To
Embrace Nuance 1. Truth is not black and white.
in Road Safety Sometimes the truth is not black and white, and audiences
distrust journalism that depicts the world through a simplistic
Journalism lens.

2. Calm and curious discussions.

Counterintuitively, audiences welcome an opportunity to delve
New headline into complex issues without neat answers.
format |
Expert panel |
Visual identity| 3. Offers specialized insights. Giving external
Videos| experts and editorial role offers specialized insights and integrity
Tone | to the journalism.

Cover nuances 4. Resources.

Projects such as Nuancerer require extra resources in terms of
manpower and time.
How To Cover
Curious Debate Key Takeaways
& Effective Road 1. New debate culture.
Safety News Audiences, particularly young audiences, want a new kind of
debate format. They are tired of the blame-and-shame
culture.

2. Calm and curious discussions.

Stakeholders are capable of calm and curious discussion if
they are given a new format in which to discuss their views.

3. In-depth analysis.
discussions offer more information and in-depth analysis for
audiences without the conflict and point scoring.
Constructive journalism for Constructive journalism for Road
Road Safety Safety is:
Aim to revitalize the news • Aiming to be critical, objective and
balanced
media. Key related • Tackling road safety issues facing
approaches include society
solutions journalism, • Based on facts and unbiased
which focuses on the first • Calm in its tone
of our Three Pillars, and • Does not give in to scandals and
dialogue journalism, which outrage
• Bridging, not polarizing
focuses on journalists’
• Forward-looking and future-oriented
work to engage audiences,
• Nuanced, contextualized & Knowledge
foster ROAD SAFETY Driven
ISSUES and increase trust
in the media.
Journalist Fellowship Guideline |
Mentoring Guideline
Fellowship

1. Progress – So
Far
2. Challenges
3. Opportunities
4. Way forward