DPI HOLDS TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS

19 November 1998

Press Release
PAL/1861
PI/1095

DPI HOLDS TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS

19981119 Nine Palestinian journalists from broadcast and print media participated in a training programme organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI), from 19 October to 20 November 1998.

During the programme, which was designed to strengthen the participants' professional capacity as information media personnel, the journalists attended briefings by officials of the United Nations and United Nations specialized agencies, along with representatives of media organizations in the United States.

Participants attended two weeks of special classes at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. In addition, they received on-the-job training by serving as temporary United Nations correspondents, covering United Nations meetings and activities on behalf of their media organizations.

This is the fourth programme being organized by DPI to assist the Palestinian people in building and strengthening their media capability.

The nine journalists who participated in this year’s training programme are: Wael Ibrahim Abu Dagga, Bureau Chief, Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel; Mohammad Rafiq Abu-Obeid, Presenter, Radio Al-Manara and News Reader at a local television station; Kawther Mahmoud Taha Al Sharabita, Reporter, Al-Hayat Al-Jadeedah; Adnan Mohammed Abdulfattah Dagher, Trainer of journalists, Mashael for Journalism and Studies; Hamdi Farraj, Owner and Director, Bethlehem Media (press office) and Shepherd T.V.; Abed Al-Qader I. Hammad, Editor, Palestinian News Agency WAFA; Mohammed Hassan Abdelrahim Jouda, Journalist, Al Ayyam; Ahmed Tawfiq Abdulhalim Obeid, Editor and Reporter, Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC); and Saifeeldin Shahain, Presenter, PBC.

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