JMI Holds Workshop on Voice Concentration, Presentation Skills for Media Persons

Amman -- The Jordan Media Institute (JMI) held a training workshop for building the capacities of local radios in voice concentration and presentation skills for media persons, in partnership with the Support to Media in Jordan program, which is implemented by UNESCO with EU funding.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> The two-day workshop was in implementation of a 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;&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Yasar Durrah, director of projects and training at the JMI, said that the workshop highlighted the characteristics of voice, pitch, effect on listener, and ways of maintaining voice and tone, while controlling feelings and emotions. This is in addition to intensive applied training on maintaining voice during presentation, enunciation, and text segmentation.<br /> <br /> According to Durrah, the workshop aimed at enhancing the voice capacities of the participants when presenting newscasts or variety shows.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /> <br /> Lara Nabhan, trainer and media person at Al Arabiya Al Hadath Satellite TV, affirmed that the more the announcer develops his voice and employs it in the field he is working in, the greater his capacity for expression will be. Thus, he can give greater value to the story and deliver it to listeners more accurately and comfortably.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> She explained to the participants that media is not about voice only; voice is one of the main instruments. She noted that an announcer might start with a mediocre voice, but he could succeed with constant training and hard work.&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;