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01 Sep 2013
<div>Sept 1 2013<br />
JMI hosted a five day training workshop entitled “Building a Digital Gateway to Better Lives”. The workshop was organized in cooperation with the International Centre for Journalists ICFJ.<br />
The training was attended by media professionals, journalists and bloggers from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Yemen and Jordan.<br />
Participants were introduced to the skills of live coverage via video, audio and text, the use of interactive tools to enhance websites’ effectiveness, and the use of open sources in news reporting, in addition to the security of journalists and the ethics of blogging.<br />
The training also focused on the use of Google maps for investigative reporting, story and news writing skills for broadcast, and social media tools.<br />
This workshop comes in line with JMI’s goal in providing a professional educational environment that encourages debate and discussion and contributes to the improvement of media outputs locally and regionally.<br />
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