Note to Correspondents

REHAM AL-FARRA MEMORIAL JOURNALISTS’ FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME BEGINS AT HEADQUARTERS

The United Nations Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalists’ Fellowship Programme begins its twenty-eighth session today at Headquarters, under the direction of the Department of Public Information (DPI).  It will continue until 17 October.

The Programme was established by the General Assembly in 1980, when it requested the Secretary-General to initiate a programme of fellowships for broadcasters and journalists from developing countries.  Formerly known as the DPI Training Programme for Broadcasters and Journalists from Developing Countries, it was renamed in honour of Reham Al-Farra, a young journalist and DPI staff member killed in the attack on United Nations headquarters in Baghdad in 2003.

Nine junior and mid-level print and broadcast journalists are taking part this year, representing media organizations in Bahrain, Brazil, Gabon, Israel, Jordan, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Somalia, South Africa and Turkey.  

Participants will receive briefings from United Nations officials on issues of priority to the Organization.  They will also visit major media organizations in New York, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta to observe their operations; and they will have the opportunity to serve as temporary United Nations correspondents, covering United Nations meetings and activities on behalf of their home media organizations.

Participants in 2008 Programme

Following are the countries, names and affiliations of the participants in the 2008 Programme:

Name of Participant	Media Type	Country	Affiliation
[Mr.] Abdulraman FAKHRI	Print	Bahrain	Gulf Daily News
[Ms.] Tahiane STOCHERO	Print	Brazil	Folha de Sao Paolo
[Mr.] Poliansky Linel KOUATSI-LENDOYE	Television	Gabon	TeleAfrica
[Ms.] Dana ZIMMERMAN	Internet	Israel	Ynet
[Ms.] Hana NAMROUQA	Print	Jordan	The Jordan Times
[Ms.] Jacqueline BRYAN	Radio	St. Kitts & Nevis	WINN FM
[Mr.] Mahad Musse AHMED	Radio	Somalia	Horseed Media
[Ms.] Lindiwe RAMALAPA	Radio	South Africa	South African Broadcasting Corporation
[Ms.] Tulay KARADENIZ	Television	Turkey	NTV

For further information, please contact Joanna Piucci, e-mail:  piucci@un.org, or tel.:  212 963 7346; or Dina Daoud, e-mail:  daoudd@un.org, or tel.:  917 367 1088.

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