News Release
Monrovia, May 30, 2008: The Coordinator of the Liberia Media Center’s community radio project, Mr. Lamii Kpargoi has left the country to attend an International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) seminar.
The seminar is been held in the Swedish city of Goteborg under the theme “Toward an International Network of Independent Journalism Training Organizations: Partnerships and Mentoring, Innovation and Multimedia, Sustainability and Money.”
The ICFJ seminar, which is been held on the sidelines of the 15th World Editors Forum and the 61st World Newspaper Congress is the beginning of a year-long initiative that is geared towards building a new network of independent journalism training organizations around the world.
The four-day program will bring together over 50 participants from various media training institutions around the world, and is also expected to discuss topics on essential web tools, the use of digital resources, models for sustainable successes, etc in the work of the media.
According to a Liberia Media Center release, the ICFJ seminar is to culminate in a mentor/mentee pairing exercise of the participants whereby the skills and experiences of individual participants would be matched to ensure long term successful collaborations.
The LMC release stated that the seminar would end with the Knight Foundation and ICFJ Newsmakers Cocktail Reception at which time the winners of the 2008 Knight International Journalism Award would be announced.
The seminar is been held in the Swedish city of Goteborg under the theme “Toward an International Network of Independent Journalism Training Organizations: Partnerships and Mentoring, Innovation and Multimedia, Sustainability and Money.”
The ICFJ seminar, which is been held on the sidelines of the 15th World Editors Forum and the 61st World Newspaper Congress is the beginning of a year-long initiative that is geared towards building a new network of independent journalism training organizations around the world.
The four-day program will bring together over 50 participants from various media training institutions around the world, and is also expected to discuss topics on essential web tools, the use of digital resources, models for sustainable successes, etc in the work of the media.
According to a Liberia Media Center release, the ICFJ seminar is to culminate in a mentor/mentee pairing exercise of the participants whereby the skills and experiences of individual participants would be matched to ensure long term successful collaborations.
The LMC release stated that the seminar would end with the Knight Foundation and ICFJ Newsmakers Cocktail Reception at which time the winners of the 2008 Knight International Journalism Award would be announced.
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