Independent Media Initiative Holds Three-Day Workshop


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Doha, Qatar: The“Independent media Initiative,” a pioneering programme led by the award-winning US-based media companies, AL-Monitor and Semafor, is holding its second three-day workshop at the Doha Institute for graduate Studies (DI), from January 27 till January 29, 2025.

The event is being organised with the Journalism Masters Degree Programme at the DI. The Independent Media Initiative, a multi-year programme, is held three times a year at Doha Institute, and also includes students from Northwestern and Qatar Universities, in addition to those from DI.

The workshops cover many topics, including audience development, digital methods and techniques, coverage of conflict zones, newsrooms foundations, journalism in the age of artificial intelligence, and the fundamentals of business and economic reporting, as well as key methods and techniques for fact-checking and investigative reporting.

The workshops include significant interaction between students and the workshop instructors on the best practices of independent media.

A total of 21 students from journalism and media programmes from various educational and professional institutions in Qatar participated in the workshop.

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