U.S.- funded Journalism Training Center opens in Karachi next year
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 30 October 2014
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A Journalism Training Center, funded by the U.S. State Department, will open at the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi next year. It aims to enhance journalism education and provide professional training amidst a growing number of media outlets in Pakistan.Summary
ISLAMABAD: A Journalism Training Center, funded by the U.S. State Department is scheduled to open at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi next year.
The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is helping to establish the centre.
According to dailynorthwestern.com the school is working with the project’s leader, Washington-based organization the International Center for Journalists, and Institute of Business Administration.
The website quoted Medill Prof. Craig Duff as saying: “We at Medill are serving as a consulting capacity. Some of us will go every once in a while and conduct workshops.”
The center, offers journalism courses similar to those taught at Medill, Duff said. Medill will provide faculty members or recommend other teachers for the center’s courses, he said.
He said that Pakistan has seen a “huge burst” of media outlets recently, but the country lacks professional training programs.
KEY POINTS:
- U.S. State Department is funding the center
- Located at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
- Supported by Medill School of Journalism
- Courses similar to those at Medill will be offered
- Focus on addressing the lack of professional training in Pakistan
