Thomson Reuters Foundation joined hands with Jordan’s Higher Media Council (HMC) to train a group of Arab journalists in business news writing in Amman. The five-day workshop in October took place against a backdrop of see-sawing global markets - a financial crisis had gripped the whole world.
Ten reporters from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and the West Bank attended the five-day workshop at HMC headquarters. Reuters Gaza correspondent Nidal al-Mughrabi had been expected to join but he did not make it as he failed to get an exit permit in time.
The trainers were Thomson Reuters Assistant Arabic Service Editor Munir Boweti and Syria correspondent Khaled Oweis.
The course was designed to enhance the skills of reporters covering business news through a series of presentations and practical exercises. It started with basic topics such as story structure and sourcing, giving participants an opportunity to learn about international standards in news gathering and writing.
Focus then shifted to more specialized topics including business news writing tips, the mortgage and credit crisis, the global financial crisis and handling numbers. Training also dealt with oil markets, stock market reports, IPOs, corporate governance, legal dangers, company results, interviews and ethics of journalism.
The presentations on the world financial crisis, featuring a number of graphs, as well as an overview of the roots of the mortgage crisis proved particularly popular. Participants said they gained a better understanding of the crisis, its causes and magnitude through the presentation and the discussion that followed.
The workshop also included a visit to Amman Stock Exchange, a briefing by the CEO of a major Jordanian brokerage and a meeting with the head of the stock exchange. Some participants took notes and said they were going to publish reports based on the visit and the briefings by the two executives.
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