Communities need ongoing reporting on the climate crisis to inform and educate them about adaptation so they can prepare themselves for future disasters.
Protecting journalists should be high on the agenda.
It all starts with a vision.
Comfort Mussa, a prolific, multi-award-winning journalist with a keen eye for stories that expose social injustice, says, though online violence is a challenging part of the profession she stays because people like her remain the voice of the voiceless.
South African broadcast journalist Silindelo Masikane has been bullied online and is a target of threats of violence. She says harassment is part of the job of reporting in Africa.