The activities of the Forum of Arab journalism colleges will begin on Oct 14 in Doha. The three-day forum is held in partnership between the Al Jazeera Media Institute (AJMI) affiliated with Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN), Qatar University (QU), and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).
In a press conference Wednesday, Director of Al Jazeera Media Institute Iman al-Ameri said that the forum represents a valuable opportunity for all its participants, including students, professors, academics, and representatives of media organisations, to exchange ideas and raise discussion on issues related to the topic of the forum.
Al-Amiri added that the number of those registered to attend the forum reached nearly 100 academics and professors, and the institute also provided four scholarships for journalism students in the Arab world.
She said that, in conjunction with the organisation of the forum, the "Media Creativity Award" will be launched for journalism students in various institutes and colleges in Qatar, to discover the talents and creativity of students in various media disciplines such as digital journalism, radio, television, multimedia, public relations and advertising, where about 300 students competed for this award.
Al-Ameri said that the forum will include four sessions, three presentations and two workshops, and explained that the number of speakers in the forum reached 29 speakers from academics and specialists, and some leaders at the level of local and Arab media institutions.
For his part, head of the Media Department at Qatar University Dr Wael Abdel Aal stressed that the university pays great and continuous attention to the development of academic curricula, and takes into consideration development plans to harmonise between knowledge, skills, practical application and keeping pace with labor market developments and the requirements of digital transformation and closely linking academic curricula with practice.
Director of the Unesco office to the Gulf States and Yemen Salah Khaled said that since 2007, through its International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC), Unesco has published and continue to produce a series on journalism education that provides reporting curricula in tune with the issues of today, giving the tools to journalists and journalism educator to cover the most pressing issues of our time in a high-quality manner.
