Hawa Amman Radio Station conducted recently Radio News Coverage Skills workshop in collaboration with Media Supporting Program in Jordan IREX, for radio stations officers in Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) directorates and districts.
According to the Director of Hawa Amman Radio Station, Mr. Noufal El-Khasawneh, this workshop extends to two days, and aims at rehabitilating and strengthing the radio stations officers abilities in GAM 27 directorates and districts to stand as a connecting point between the radio and the citizens.
The Director of Media Supporting Program in Jordan IREX, Mr. Fadi El- Qadi stated that the workshop focuses on orientig the participants, theoretically and practically, on the basic and fundamental skills of news writing, and preparing them (the news) in the forms of news reports to be broadcast on the radio through the news bulletins and programs. The course also shed light on the news sources, radio reports, news bulletins, interviews with the public and officials, and how to record radio interviews over the phone, and the methods of broadcasting the news and reports from the field.
He also affirmed that working with Hawa Amman Radio earns importance from the fact that it is a communal radio station, and a major source of news and information pertaining to issus of interest to the citizens
The workshop that was managed by the trainer, Samia Kurdiya, discussed the nature of the news, the reporter traits, and the importance of the piece of news for a large segment of the society.