Capacity-building: Media sensitised on countering violent extremism
Technical sessions cover production, script writing, conducting interviews, grammar of sound
Participants of a workshop on Countering Violent Extremism Media Product Development pose for a group photo. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
A six-day capacity building workshop regarding Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Media Product Development for the students of media studies and PTV journalists, concluded at the Pakistan Television Training Academy on Saturday.
Around 34 students of media studies departments from 16 universities and four correspondents of PTV News and Current Affairs participated in the workshop.
Pakistan Peace Collective (PPC), a research and communication project of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MoI&B), organised the workshop which was aimed at providing refined professional media product development skills with a deeper understanding of the role of media in countering violent extremism.
The training workshop commenced with a discussion on Narratives, Impact & Critical Analysis of Conflict Reporting in Pakistan and the role of media in Countering Violent Extremism (CVE).
Documentary workshop: Media students urged to highlight social issues
The concluding session of the training workshop was chaired by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Principal Information Officer Mian Jahangir Iqbal.
While addressing the participants, Iqbal emphasised the need for peace and harmony in society to achieve a higher benchmark of progress and development.
He advised the participants to strive for achieving the higher objectives of life and play their due role in this regard, when they enter into practical life.
He expressed the hope that the participants would utilise the lessons learnt during the training workshop and contribute towards the peace building efforts as responsible communicators particularly while covering issues of violent extremism.
He later distributed certificates among the participants of the workshop. The session was also attended by Pakistan Peace Collective CEO and COO Shabbir Anwer ,Lt Gen (retd) Shahid Iqbal, Ambassador Sanaullah, Mian Aslam, a leading businessman, and Shiekh Mumtaz scholarand writer.
The week-long workshop based on the technical sessions for CVE based video and documentary production included script writing, conducting interviews, utilising camera techniques, grammar of sound, lighting and editing.
Students were also given a chance to interact with some victims of violent extremism in Pakistan. In the practical exercises, the participants also produced media products through smartphones based on the themes identified during the training.
Workshop: Media urged to play role in empowering women
During training, the PTVC facilitated the participants for the exposure visit at PTV News, and arranged a talk show that enabled the training participants to interact with Senior Journalist Rana Qaisar Sr.Journalist, Brig. Mowadat Rana Chief Editor, Journal of Pakistan
Psychiatric Society
In the past five days Senior Journalist Shafi Naqee Jamie Sr. Journalist,of BBC Tahir Imran Mian of BBC, from National College of Arts Lahore, Kamran Butt ,GEO TV Producer Ahmed Yousaf, Producer PTV Lahore, Farhan Mushtaque and PPC’s Faizan Gul also delivered their respective lectures on various related themes.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 27th, 2019.
A six-day capacity building workshop regarding Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Media Product Development for the students of media studies and PTV journalists, concluded at the Pakistan Television Training Academy on Saturday.
Around 34 students of media studies departments from 16 universities and four correspondents of PTV News and Current Affairs participated in the workshop.
Pakistan Peace Collective (PPC), a research and communication project of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MoI&B), organised the workshop which was aimed at providing refined professional media product development skills with a deeper understanding of the role of media in countering violent extremism.
The training workshop commenced with a discussion on Narratives, Impact & Critical Analysis of Conflict Reporting in Pakistan and the role of media in Countering Violent Extremism (CVE).
Documentary workshop: Media students urged to highlight social issues
The concluding session of the training workshop was chaired by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Principal Information Officer Mian Jahangir Iqbal.
While addressing the participants, Iqbal emphasised the need for peace and harmony in society to achieve a higher benchmark of progress and development.
He advised the participants to strive for achieving the higher objectives of life and play their due role in this regard, when they enter into practical life.
He expressed the hope that the participants would utilise the lessons learnt during the training workshop and contribute towards the peace building efforts as responsible communicators particularly while covering issues of violent extremism.
He later distributed certificates among the participants of the workshop. The session was also attended by Pakistan Peace Collective CEO and COO Shabbir Anwer ,Lt Gen (retd) Shahid Iqbal, Ambassador Sanaullah, Mian Aslam, a leading businessman, and Shiekh Mumtaz scholarand writer.
The week-long workshop based on the technical sessions for CVE based video and documentary production included script writing, conducting interviews, utilising camera techniques, grammar of sound, lighting and editing.
Students were also given a chance to interact with some victims of violent extremism in Pakistan. In the practical exercises, the participants also produced media products through smartphones based on the themes identified during the training.
Workshop: Media urged to play role in empowering women
During training, the PTVC facilitated the participants for the exposure visit at PTV News, and arranged a talk show that enabled the training participants to interact with Senior Journalist Rana Qaisar Sr.Journalist, Brig. Mowadat Rana Chief Editor, Journal of Pakistan
Psychiatric Society
In the past five days Senior Journalist Shafi Naqee Jamie Sr. Journalist,of BBC Tahir Imran Mian of BBC, from National College of Arts Lahore, Kamran Butt ,GEO TV Producer Ahmed Yousaf, Producer PTV Lahore, Farhan Mushtaque and PPC’s Faizan Gul also delivered their respective lectures on various related themes.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 27th, 2019.