2022 IVLP Impact Award Project: Journalism Courses on Investigative Reporting and Fake News

The project offers a training course for (60) journalists in Halabja, Khurmal, and Saidsadiq along with broadcasting six radio programs.

Today, the training started with a statement of me about the project and a summary of the (IVLP), then D. Pavey Jamil, an assistant professor at the University of Sulaimaniyah, presented the first topic, which included The Investigative report and its preparation steps.

The training is part of a wider program that includes radio programs and is funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs with Meridian International Center as the implementing partner.

I was fortunate to participate in the U.S. sponsored IVLP program in 2021 and in addition to gaining valuable experience, learning about the U.S. best practices as well as networking with counterparts, privileged to submit my proposal to the ECA and guarantee financial support to implement my ideas.

A number of issues have been identified relating to journalism in Halabja. Violent social media news that disregards journalistic ethics and misinformation regarding coronavirus are common. This project held theoretical courses in navigating journalism through an academic and scientific lense for journalists from television, radio, online news sources and students.

The project trained 108 journalists and students over the course of 6 sessions on recognizing fake news, investigative reporting, and several other important and necessary topics for their field. The project also included 7 radio programs that delved further into these topics for a public audience.

https://www.meridian.org/profile/qayssar-r-ahmed/

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