Islamabad, May 10, 2023 (PPI-OT): After organizing successful 28 trainings, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will conduct seven more training workshops before the end of current financial year for the capacity building of new and mid-career journalists across the country. The training workshops will be organized at the Pakistan Information Centers which were established by the Press Information Department (PID) in 2021 to train journalists associated with print, electronic and digital media on different topics mainly related to modern trends and challenges in journalism.
These training workshops will be organized at Islamabad, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar, Karachi, Muzaffarabad, and Gilgit on various subjects including Mobile Journalism, Media Code of Ethics, Digital Media Reporting and Authentication, Reporting on Important National Issues, Climate Change, Documentary Filmmaking and Tools to Counter Fake News and Anti-State Propaganda. Pakistan Information Center has already organized 14 trainings for journalists during FY 2022-23 on different topics mainly related to modern trends and challenges in journalism. Earlier in May-June 2022, the Pakistan Information Center organized 15 training workshops across the country on various topics.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s initiative related to the workshops received an overwhelming response from the journalist community and praise from their different organizations, including the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. The series of training workshops is not only extended to the provincial capitals but also to the far-flung areas of the country, especially in Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and remote areas of Punjab so that the journalists living in those areas can also reap the benefits of such initiative.
Senior journalists, media experts, and faculty members from mass communication departments of different universities are being invited to those workshops for the training of journalists. So far, more than 10,000 journalists participated in these trainings across the country. To this end, a two days training workshop titled “Business and Economics Reporting” will kick off at the Information Service Academy, Islamabad from May 11.
For more information, contact:
Principal Information Officer,
Press Information Department (PID)
Tel: +92-51-9252323, +92-51-9252324
Fax: +92-51-9252325, +92-51-9252326
Email: piopid@gmail.com
Website: www.pid.gov.pk