A training workshop for journalists and bloggers on news processing opened today, Monday, in Nouakchott. Organised by the Al-Awasir Forum in cooperation with the Cordoba and Hirondelle foundations, it brings together 35 Mauritanian journalists and bloggers.
The five-day workshop, supervised by Mauritanian, Swiss and French experts, aims to strengthen the capacities of thirty journalists and bloggers in processing and gathering news.
Speaking on the occasion, Ahmednah Ould Ebleil, chargé de mission at the Ministry of Culture, Handicrafts and Relations with Parliament, stressed the importance of the role of the professional journalist and the discerning blogger in shaping public opinion, strengthening social cohesion and developing the public’s sense of national belonging.
In this regard, he recalled the high resolve of the President of the Republic, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, and his strong commitment to keeping the freedom of journalists sacred and protected, and called on journalists and bloggers to use this space of freedom to highlight the specific character of our society and its peaceful history, which bears witness to the peaceful coexistence of all components of our people.
For his part, the president of the Al-Awasir Forum, our colleague Obeid Ould Imijine, praised the cooperation between his organisation and the Cordoba (Geneva) and Hirondelle (Lausanne) foundations, expressing the hope that it would lead to many training courses for journalists and bloggers in the various fields of the profession, and wished participants every success in making the most of the lectures, articles and practical work they would receive over these days.
Source: rimtoday.net (external website, opens in a new tab)
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