MU Director Trains Palestinian Refugee Journalists
Palestinian refugees across Lebanon are almost forgotten but journalists in their ranks are active and eagerly participated in a December 2022 workshop to sharpen their skills with Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil providing day-long training to empower them. Magda Abu-Fadil … Continue reading
MU Director Leads Migration & Media Workshops in Tunis
Media professionals from state-run Middle East/North Africa broadcast organizations were immersed into intensive workshops on migration, refugees and human trafficking in the Euro-Mediterranean region in a bid to enhance their coverage of these complex topics. Magda Abu-Fadil on best practices … Continue reading
Abu-Fadil Sharpens Misk Interns’, Arab News Recruits’ Journalism Skills
Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil ran Misk Foundation interns through the paces of becoming journalists in a digital multimedia world amid sharp competition for audiences’ attention. The three-day virtual training involved exercises to test the interns’ journalistic knowledge, power of observation, … Continue reading
MU Director Preps Lebanese Journos for Elections Coverage
Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil coached Lebanese journalists on the intricacies of covering their country’s legislative elections in May 2022 to ensure solid media coverage based on professional standards that transcend superficial political and sectarian rhetoric. She conducted an intensive … Continue reading
Abu-Fadil Trains Eager Recruits in Basic Journalism
Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil paved the way for a new crop of Arab News recruits to become journalists in a fast-moving media landscape through rigorous testing and helpful guidelines on producing media content. The three-day virtual workshop in December … Continue reading
Journalism 101 for Arab News Recruits
Today’s journalists must work holistically across digital platforms but shouldn’t forget the basics of getting the story right and building their knowledge base, Arab News recruits learned in a virtual workshop. Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil put a group of … Continue reading
Abu-Fadil Gets Journos Up to Speed on Zoom Interviews
Mastering interviewing techniques via Zoom requires an additional skill set for journalists, which Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil shared in a workshop grouping Arab News reporters from the paper’s different bureaus. The two-day training in August 2021 first focused on … Continue reading
MU Director Schools Journos in Advanced Interview Skills, Pressers
Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil coached Arab News journalists in the intricacies of interviews and news conferences with an emphasis on good preparation, types of questions to ask, handling difficult interviewees and sources’ credibility. The virtual workshop in July … Continue reading
Arab News Recruits Embark on Journo Journey
Arab News recruits took the plunge into the choppy waters of journalism through a battery of tests and presentations ahead of what they hope will be a reporting, and maybe editing, career. Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil assessed the rookies’ … Continue reading
MU Director Trains Lebanese Media, Academics on Fact-Checking
Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil trained Lebanese journalists and media professors on how to detect false information using case studies and various tools in combating the infodemic. She introduced the trainees to visual illusions and misleading pictures employed to … Continue reading