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Photo by: Salzburg Global Seminar/Ela Grieshaber<br />
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25 August 2015<br />
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Jordan Media Institute (JMI) student joined colleagues from around the world in Salzburg, Austria to discover how digital media can tackle issues of both local and global concern. <br />
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Mohammed Ghbari, who is in the comprehensive track of the Journalism and New Media Master’s Program, was one of 76 students from 20 countries who were accepted into the three-week program at the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change.<br />
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The students sought, with the help of academic, development and media experts, to develop innovative media tools to better understand media literacy and address challenges from climate change to women rights.<br />
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They participated in skill-enhancing workshops and intense small group discussions; attended expert-led lectures; and ultimately developed case studies, innovative strategies, and media tools with the goal of creating real life impact in their local and global communities.<br />
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Ghbari said he hoped more students would apply because, “it is not just an educational experience as much as it is a life experience.”<br />
He added that the highlight of the academy was the diversity of the participants and that the experience he gained will shape new thoughts for him that will reflect on his community, family and friends. <br />
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JMI is a partner of the Salzburg Academy which opened its media literacy program in 2007. JMI students have been attending the academy since 2013. The sessions took place between 20 July and 9 August 2015.<br />
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Four other JMI students recently traveled to Lebanon to attend the Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut. They were the third batch of students to take part in the academy which seeks to advance digital and media literacy education in the Arab world by training a generation of teachers and scholars and developing locally-rooted curricula.<br />
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