Journalists representing print, broadcast, and on-line media struggled with budgetary matters, legislative details, and ethical issues at a five-day workshop organized by AUB’s Journalism Training Program (JTP) and funded by the London-based Westminster Foundation for Democracy in cooperation with the … Continue reading →

Director Magda Abu-Fadil was in Qatar in January 2009 to conduct two brief workshops on media literacy for school activities coordinators and parents in Doha.

The training was held at the request of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs. Media literacy … Continue reading →

A workshop in Beirut in February helped 13 Iraqis with varying degrees of journalistic and public relations experience to advance their careers. The Journalism Training Program worked with the refugees on crisis management in the 21st century, the nature of … Continue reading →

Yemenis benefited from training when in January 2009 the JTP conducted two concurrent workshops in investigative journalism in Yemen for 20 print and 10 broadcast reporters and editors as a part of a government campaign to combat corruption. The journalists, … Continue reading →

Web 2.0, audio and video editing, converged content and online media ethics were a few of the topics tackled in a five-day workshop on “Citizen/Online Journalism” that drew eager bloggers seeking to hone their skills in cyber publishing. “The information … Continue reading →

Fifteen executives in print, broadcast and online outlets from across Iraq could not get enough of a three-day “Media Management” workshop organized by the Journalism Training Program (JTP) at the American University of Beirut and urged organizers to plan for … Continue reading →

The Journalism Training Program (JTP) attracted NGO members, government officials and journalists to two workshops it conducted on public health-related issues. The first training course on Communications/Media Crisis Management drew participants from Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, Ministry of Social Affairs, … Continue reading →

Sixteen Arab reporters and editors delved into the intricacies of a four-day “Elections Coverage” workshop conducted by the Journalism Training Program in a bid to improve their skills in questioning candidates, tracking polls, monitoring legislation, observing vote counting, eyeing funding … Continue reading →

An investigative journalism workshop aimed at promoting a culture of accountability and media’s watchdog role grouped young reporters from Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Jordan who kicked off a series of training courses at AUB. Sanaa Diab of Lebanon’s “Al … Continue reading →