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12 Mar 2015
10 March 2015<br />
The Jordan Media Institute (JMI) stressed the importance of ensuring sustainable training for journalists that is based on their needs and leaves an impact on the profession.<br />
In its 2014 report on media training, JMI, a non-profit academic facility, said it trained more than 600 journalists as part of aims to develop the profession in the region. It also addressed challenges facing media training in Jordan.<br />
JMI which is considered the biggest source of media training programs in the country conducted 38 workshops benefiting 671 Jordanian and Arab journalists. At least 100 civil society representatives also attended sessions organized by the institute.<br />
The institute’s report also highlighted obstacles to sustainable training due to dependence on occasional foreign funding and lack of coordination between training providers. It also noted media outlets’ lack of appreciation for training as well as the absence of studies to identify training needs and to measure levels of impact of the workshops on the performance of media outlets.<br />
The sessions covered data journalism, safety of journalists in conflict areas, reporting on elections and human rights issues, monitoring gender issues in the media, television storytelling, investigative journalism and other topics.<br />
The training was held in cooperation with 13 Arab and international organizations, thus providing diverse expertise and multiple resources for the trainees in an effort to empower a new generation of journalists and improve the standards of the profession. The organizations included the Norwegian Institute of Journalism, Journalists without Borders, International Federation of Journalists, Journalists for Human Rights, BBC Media Action, UNESCO and others.