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Jordanian Community Radio Station Tackles Issues Affecting Women and Youth
 


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A staff member of Farah Al Nas, a radio station started by Internews in Jordan that focuses on women and youth issues.
(March 5, 2009) Farah Al Nas, a Internews-founded community radio station in Jordan that focuses on women and youth issues, is tackling topics that are usually taboo on the airwaves.

Based in Amman, the station recently held a week-long campaign dealing with violence against women that featured the voices of women affected by violence. It was a rare moment to hear women talking openly on the air about their experiences of rape and domestic violence.
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The conclusion of the media training site "M.T.S" in Arab Women Media Center



By:Dima .T.Atiat



Arab women media center has concluded the first establishment of training course "M.T.S"that the center has organized it according to his training programs for this year.

The training course "M.T.S" has included the participants from Jordan,Iraq,Saudia Arabia,Palestine.Also,the program contained lectures which have talked about the visual & audible media ,history of media and the media training skills ,the elements of media production ,the distinguish between the visual & audible news by Mr. Mahmud Abu Obaid .

As well as the training program has contained practical & technical trainings about T.V &media production by a special director "Shehadah Darabsah".

Also,How to prepare and present the media report by the spreader Mr. Esam Al-Omary the manager of radio station "security F.M " .

Finally , in the last two days , the participants were applying their practical trainings at the studios " the unity of media training site" which follow to" the Arab women media center" , as usual the center will be organized the advanced training courses about presentation and T.V direction at the beginning of May /2009 .

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Mahasen Al-Emam:"we have hugged the Arab & Jordanian youth for polishing their personalities & their skills".

Arab women media center has instituted the course "media training site" with wide participation of youth.

Al-dostour youth –Yazen Talfah

Completing to media message which Arab women media center has leaded to the Arab youth toward the right media and the
Center has believed to employ the Arab youth skills in the media trainings.

Arab women media center organized media training site "M.T.S" which situated in Amman- Jabil al wabdeh , in 7-mar-2009 ,during 8 days about media training skills ,with average 60 training hours at the media training site.

Also, the course has contained the participants from Jordan, Saudia Arabia, Iraq, and Palestine.

The president of Arab women media center "Mahassen el-emam" has pointed at the aim of M.T.S course which contained the training & preparation of the capable of media training groups.

Whereas, the technical of media' skill which is suitable for the technical in media trainings for reaching with this media groups which depend on their personalities. Starting from the beginning of media' process until to the present of media process.

As well as Al –emmam has mentioned that the institution of technical media training course will be composed with the professionals of propagators, the technical of voice and electronic engineering.

Al –emam has added: that Arab women media center has depended on the general training method and the trainers who have wide experience in the presentation of media programs for creating a propagator of news and a designer of the news program.

The participants have heard to the propagators' experience like Mr. Mahmud Abu –Obaid from the radio station " Jordan Hashimite kingdom", and the manager of radio station "security F.M" .Also, they have learned how to present the news and programs in order that the center has supplied the participants with the media studies which helped them to present the media programs & news.

Arab women media center has sought the help from the special director "Shehadeh Darabseh" of media direction and T.V production with the trainers of voice engineering.

Al- emam has concluded "the center will be started the media training site "M.T.S" at the seventh of may -2009.

The participant "Hasseb Al- Shomary" from Saudia Arabia .He had expressed how he took advantages from the training course "M.T.S". Also, he added that the course was very useful for him & it has added a lot of information for his experience. Finally, the center had presented the media training site course in the highest level.

However for the participant from Iraq"Ziad Abed Al-wahaab" said "the training course was very wealthy of media principles & with the efforts of special media groups who have wide process & academic experience .Also, the course has entrusted from practical side which was due to the studios of center .He added:"according to my experience in media .I could value the course which has felled of its name. Also, achieving its aim.

On the other hand , the participant from Palestine "Omar Najar " who has also experience in media .He said :"I have gained from this course a precious information, although to my experience in media and now I could cover "live news" easily. In addition, to the presentation of news and the producing of media programs. The center as its habit, it always gathered all the Arabian youth in a few days who will come back to their homelands with a valuable experience which going to help them on their works.

Zainah Kamal a Jordanian participant, she was very glad to attain a precious information & wealthy experience from the special propagators like Mr. Esam al omary and others….She wish to the center to be succeeded on their courses which served all the participants in the media training programs.

As well as the student "Hadeel Al – shaksheer". She is a student at Yarmook University. She has said that M.T.S course has confirmed her study information which she had taken it from her University now she could apply it easily and the center gave her a chance to apply it practically.

At the conclusion of training course, the president of Arab women media center has divided the M.T.S certificates to the Arab & Jordanian participants.

Also, the unity of Arab youth in Arab women media center hugged the Arab & Jordanian youth to polish their skills & characters through their participation in the conferences, meetings and the training courses in the local, Arab, international levels.

 

 HRH Princess Basma on Monday inaugurated the studios of the broadcast media training unit (MTS) of the Arab Media Women Centre (AMWC) which specialises in producing programmes tackling women’s and youth issues.

On the occasion, the Princess hailed the AMWC initiative; in the centre’s visitor’s book, she said: “The project translates the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah to set the basis of a modern and advanced media whose goal is to serve and tackle the nation’s issues and provide new media talent to enrich and boost the Kingdom’s advancement.”

In an address at the opening ceremony, Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Nasser Judeh, who accompanied the Princess on the visit, underlined the importance of the centre and its role in bringing about change, development and modernisation in the field of media.

The Princess toured the centre, which will provide training to new media graduates and refresher courses to veteran media people.

Judeh seized the occasion to urge the media to be transparent and act as a watchful eye to detect the truth and assist the government in its efforts to rectify wrong practices.

He also called on the media to refrain from character assassination and not to be biased, stressing the need to find how real a piece of news is before spreading it.

“Unfortunately, we have recently noticed that the media have distanced themselves from their great and deep-seated tradition, by resorting to character assassination, and have distanced themselves from in-depth investigations,” said Judeh.

Underlining the large number of media outlets in the Kingdom, Judeh urged them to abide by the profession’s ethics and to support the state and the government in unveiling wrongdoing, in order to have them addressed and rectified.

The training studios will make use of Jordanian and Arab expertise to qualify young media people, AMWC President Mahasen Imam said yesterday.

Imam expressed gratitude for Princess Basma’s continuous support and to Planning and International Cooperation Minister Suhair Al-Ali for sponsoring the training centre.

The AMWC was established in 1999 under the directives of Princess Basma to empower Arab women journalists.

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HRH Princes Basma - AWMC Good will Ambassador-

Will Patronage MTS opening address on Oct 13th - 2008

AWMC Director MS. Al Emam Mahasen and AWMC high committee, general assembly, members, highly appreciated HRH Princes Basma to patronage MTS opening address at Oct 13 - 2008.

Long life to our Good will Ambassador HRH Princes Basma.   
 

MTS about to switching on

Just on final tests after 4 months of hard work:

Place renovations and constructions processes

Engineering' Technical setting and installations

 

MS. Al Emam Mahasen AWMC Director under audio test

MR. Imad MTS Director behind mixer to monitoring audio fidelity

 

ARAB WOMEN IN MEDIA CENTER

AWMC ARE LAUNCHING SOON OUR MTS

 
 

AWMC ARE GOING TO LAUNCH RADIO JOURNALISM MEDIA TRAINING SITE [MTS]
 

AWMC having the pleasure to info you on OUR NEXT IMPORTANT MAJOR STEP THAT IS AS NEW SITE ANNEXED TO AWMC - which is; radio journalism media training center [MTS] as a promising site details as follows:

Engineering components and units:

A. 2 audio studios fully equipped with latest tech for recording, editing, mixing, including audio mixers, monitors, mics, amplifies, digital sound cards, computers, audio processors and digital effects + fully digital sounds' effects and audio materials.

B. The place, it is small apartment of 2 main rooms and + reception and small kitchen + bathroom, at same building where AWMC located.

C. AWMC now are starting the isolation and other tech installation process, SOON OUR MTS WILL SWITCH ON.
 

MTS DIRECTOR: MS FADIA AL GEBOURI.

CONTACTS:

D. Main objectives of MTS are to serve the following media production and training aspects as follow:

1. The target group are radio journalists to upgrade their standard and media collages' students.

2. Offering on the job and on the site practical media training, according to well planned training syllabi.

3. Also we can offer multi media production to help our joint and partnership future projects.
 

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