AJMI - Doha

Al Jazeera Media Institute has won four prestigious awards at Viddy Awards for providing a group of digital programs to social media audiences.

The Institute's winning of these awards represents a recognition of its endeavors and efforts for producing a high-quality content that combines professionalism with creativity. The honoring covers three distinguished programs:

"From the Spot" program won gold award for best video on Instagram, in which distinctive presenter Iman Ayyad addresses different topics and aspects of television work, where the program provides guidance and directions for trainees and journalism students based on editorial standards of Al Jazeera and accumulated experience of Iman in covering pivotal events such as September 11 attacks, Palestinian intifada and Iraqi war. The program reflects a deep understanding of the nature of television work in newsrooms, including dealing with emergency situations on air and the role of effective coordination between different teams.

"Artificial Intelligence in Newsrooms" program was crowned with a platinum award for the best digital marketing campaign, and a gold award for the best video on digital platforms. Given that, the program addresses uses of artificial intelligence in journalistic work and analyzes technical and professional challenges that accompany integration of these technologies in newsrooms, in addition to dealing with problems of trust on content produced by machine and impacts of these transformations on professional ethics.

Finally, Open Coverage program, won Platinum Award for Best Facebook Post. This program was designed and presented by journalist Biba Ould Amhadi and considered to be one of the most important references for journalists and trainees on how to manage open television coverage, which is often characterized by improvisation and time pressure.

Commenting on this achievement, Iman Al Ameri, Director of Al Jazeera Media Institute, said: "This win reflects the Institute's firm commitment to producing high-quality training content, based on professional standards in addition to accumulated experience of Al Jazeera," and she stressed commitment of the Institute "to transfer experience of Al Jazeera experts and best of Al Jazeera editorial practices to new generations of journalists and media students, through training programs that combine professional depth and innovation in presentation and style."

Al Ameri added that the institute will continue developing digital content that keeps pace with rapid transformations in media environment and, at the same time, taking into consideration requirements and needs of trainees in digital age.

It is noteworthy that Al Jazeera Media Institute's programs provided for audience of digital platforms have won three awards from Marcom International Awards in the past few months, which proves the stalwart continuity of the Institute in providing qualitative and interactive content that reinforces its influential presence and impact in both media training and media development.