JMI Conducts Two Training Workshops on Skills of Using Sound Engineering in Radio Programs and Social Media Sites

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03 Apr 2017
Amman -- The Jordan Media Institute (JMI) held two training workshops on building the capacities of local radios in the skills of &quot;using sound engineering in radio programs&quot; and &quot;using social media sites to promote radio programs and projects.&quot; The two workshops were held in partnership with the Support to Media in Jordan program, implemented by UNESCO, with EU funding.<br /> <br /> The two training workshops were in implementation of the JMI plan, launched in 2016, to build the capacities of workers and volunteers at seven community radios in the governorates of the Kingdom that are taking part in the project on &quot;building the capacities of local radios.&quot;<br /> <br /> Nihad Jariri, director of the project at JMI, said that the training workshop on sound engineering aimed at training the participants on how to produce creative works by using audio recordings and teaching them the skills of musical recording, insulation, mixing, dubbing, and digital montage, in addition to knowing about how to use the necessary techniques for sound engineering.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> As for the workshop on &quot;social media sites,&quot; it aimed at teaching the participants some skills and giving them the necessary practical knowledge concerning the best use of social media networks to have access to the target audience on these sites and to access these sites themselves as they play a great role in building social relations between individuals.<br /> <br /> The participants in the two workshops carried out practical exercises at the JMI studio on the content of each workshop.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Since the beginning of 2017, the JMI has carried out a number of training workshops and programs throughout the governorates of the Kingdom on producing field radio reports and preparing and presenting newscasts, besides radio morning shows. This is part of its comprehensive training plan, which is based on an assessment study conducted by a team of experts. The aim is for the local and community radios to actually benefit from the training and for this to reflect on their performance. This is done through developing the capacities of workers at these radios. Around 150 people are expected to benefit from the training programs.<br /> <br /> The courses proposed within the plan include a number of key topics, such as radio field reports, morning shows, news, documentaries, variety shows, and others.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> The targeted radios are Sawt Al Aqaba, Sawt Al Janub, Sawt Al Karak, Tafila Technical Radio, University of Jordan, Liqa FM/Zarqa, and Yarmouk FM/Irbid.&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;