Media Coverage of Election Campaign

 

This project aimed to educate and logistically train journalists and other media technicians on fair, objective, professional, and un-biased election reporting. This project takes a holistic approach including a wide range of media roles including reporters, editors, photographers, and anchors in all forms of media production: print, television, photography, and radio. This holistic approach ensures that the entire chain of media command understands the importance of professional reporting on elections.

The objectives for this training included:
• To improve Palestinian journalist's capacities in covering elections
• To support free and independent media in Palestine
• To strengthen the democratic process of elections in Palestine

This project involved the following four phases of training and production:
 

Phase One-                 

Trainers                        : Nibal Thawabteh- Bir Zeit Media Institute, Bassam Al

                                        Aqraa- 

                                        Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Gaza

Locations                      : Nablus (1), Nablus (2), Bethlehem, Tulkarem, Gaza

Date                              : September & December 2005

No. of Participants       : 89 participant

No. of Days                   : 2 days each location, 5 locations

 

This phase involved an "Introductory Training on Elections," which explores the most basic and theoretical issues on election reporting and election laws.

 

Phase Two-                 

Trainer                          : Sahar Qareen, BBC

Locations                      : Nablus (1), Nablus (2), Bethlehem, Ramallah, Gaza.

Date                              : November, 2005

No. of Participatns       : 89 participant

No. of Days                   : 2 days each location, 5 locations

This phase represents the second training with a more in-depth look at "Media and Election Reporting".

 

Phase Three-               

Trainers                        : Ibrahim Milhem (Print), Emad Ahmad (TV), AMIN Media

                                        Network/ Internews (Radio), Mushir Abd Al- Rahman

                                        (Photo).

Locations                      : Hebron, Bethlehem, Jericho, Ramallah, Nablus, Qalqilia,

                                         Jenin, Tuklarem, Gaza.

Date                               : October 2005 -January 2006

No. of Participants       : 100 (approximately 20 from each location)

No. of Days                   : 1 day each field of Media, 9 locations

This phase included in-house technical trainings for each media industry: radio, print, television, and photography. The in-house technical training focuses on improving the capacities of local media technicians, relating specifically to professional election reporting.

 

Phase Four-  

This phase represents a production phase where participants of the above mentioned trainings produced news articles, photos, radio and TV feature stories depending on their specific field of work.

 

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