three days workshop

MUDASIR HUSSAIN
Srinagar, Oct 18: The three days workshop on Hostile Environment from 14th to 16th of October at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar organized by the BBC World Service Trust under the project, The Reporting Society-Promoting Social Affairs Reporting in Media in Kashmir in collaboration with Education Multi-Media Research Centre (EMMRC) and Media Education Research Centre (MERC) got appreciation from the different media quarters and was perceived extremely productive by the working journalists and media trainees.
Funded by the Ford Foundation, workshop provided extensive understanding to the students of journalism, teachers and journalists about how to tackle with problems in conflicted areas like Kashmir. The trainers at the workshop Wayne Roberts medical instructor and Mike Mawhinnney security consultant from the BBC practically instructed the participants with modern protective equipment.
Afsana Rashid a journalist working with The Daily Khidmat said, “we very often lands up in trouble while doing stores in conflicted area and such kind of training programmes will surely help us to tackle the situation”.
It is said that the students along with teachers and journalists will be taken to Uri from 22nd of this month for three days practical work in order to notice the hostile environment. “Kashmir is a conflicted area and here a journalist need proper training to work under difficult condition,” said Haroon Rashid who is coordinating the workshop.
Mudasir Amin a trainee in the department expressed his view and said, “The training was quite useful and every journalist must have such kind of training before he enters into the field of journalism because it really helps”.
The workshop concluded at EMMRC-MERC with good response from the students and certificates were distributed to all participants by the coordinator at EMMRC Dr.Saleema Jan. Project manager from the BBC Harpeet Kaur and both the traineer were also present at the movement.