Minister of State for Media Affairs, Sakher Dudin, sponsored graduation ceremony of 15 participants in the comprehensive media training program organized by Jordan Media Commission (MC).
Dudin, who is also the government’s official spokesperson, stressed the importance of the program in developing governmental and private media work and enhancing journalists’ capabilities to keep pace with the recent media developments worldwide, and to have access to “enabling” media based on correct storytelling from the right source.
The minister said enhanced journalists’ capabilities contribute to benefiting society and positive media coverage, underlining the importance of the media’s role and the possibility to contribute to various media activities within Jordan’s media literacy project.
Media curricula will be taught during the next academic year in schools countrywide, with the aim of contributing to building students’ concepts of critical thinking and exposing dangers of rumors, Dudin told the media audience.
For his part, MC’s Director General, Tariq Abu Ragheb, said media training courses and programs contribute to developing the participants’ performance within the legal and professional context, in addition to opening “new” horizons for the media community and facilitating their access to information.
On future plans, the MC will continue to hold training programs and courses aimed at the media sector, which would contribute to developing journalism and raise its level, he pointed out.
Source: Jordan News Agency