PAL/1825
PI/922

PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION IN DPI TRAINING PROGRAMME

The training programme, from 6 October to 22 November, was a new Department of Public Information initiative within the framework of the Department's special information programme on the question of Palestine. Its objective was to assist the Palestinian people in building and strengthening their media capability.

In addition to experiencing the historic activities which took place at United Nations Headquarters during the period of the fiftieth Anniversary commemoration, the group of interns attended briefings by officials of the United Nations and United Nations specialized agencies as well as by representatives of media organizations in the United States. The eight journalists also participated in a one-week skills training workshop organized by CNN, in Atlanta; in two weeks of classes to upgrade skills at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs; and in one week of briefings at United States Government branches, in particular the White House, the State Department and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in Washington, D.C.

The eight journalists who participated in the Department of Public Information training programme are:

 Saud Abu Ramadan, Reporter, United Press International and Stringer for the Washington Post and the Boston Globe

 Aziz Al-Tineh, Editor, Palestinian News Agency WAFA

 Saida Jibril Hamad, Reporter, Quds Press International News Agency

 Mohamed A. M. Jaber, Editor and Reporter, Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation

 Ola Kassab, Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation

 Imad Nayef Musa, Editor, Jerusalem Report and, Correspondent, Jerusalem Times

 Abdel Hakim Salah, Editor, Voice of Liberty and Peace Radio

 Maysoun Manasreh Salman, Editor and Anchor, Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation

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