AJMI – Doha

Al Jazeera Media Institute has launched the list of its training courses for the year 2024 which includes 202 courses starting from next January until the end of the year.

Eman Al Ameri, Director of Al Jazeera Media Institute, said: "In the list of our courses for the year 2024, we are going to offer a variety of specialized media and non-media courses designed according to high professional standards to meet aspirations and needs of the public in addition to developing and improving skills of both amateurs and professionals.

Al Ameri added: "In the 2024 course schedule, we reflected the vision of the Institute and its strategy in providing professional training with the latest modern methods supported by rich knowledge and creativity, as we provided 132 specialized media titles including 48 new courses. Given that a special committee was assigned to prepare this year's schedule taking into consideration market needs analysis in addition to involving public through opinion polls campaigns via the official digital communication platforms of the Institute to ensure that the expectations and needs of the public are met.

Al Ameri pointed out that the institute has introduced 3 new categories within the 14 specialized media categories provided by the institute, namely: visual creativity, mobile storytelling and artificial intelligence, in addition to developing the rest of the titles to suit the latest content updates to ensure that they are more compatible with the ever-changing modern journalistic and technological developments, namely: audiovisual journalism category, visual creative skills category, technical operation category, visual language design and montage category, digital skills category, photography and creativity skills category, and media skills category. The art of communication category, professional diploma category, future media cadre category, training workshops category, and finally distance courses category.

Al Ameri explained that this year's schedule allocated a special space for artificial intelligence in recognition of importance of this advanced field and its impact on journalistic work, accordingly we provide courses that help trainees to acquire deep understanding of this science, and to promote the culture of employing artificial intelligence in the field of journalism effectively, in addition to creating opportunities to acquire skills and expertise necessary to actively participate in technologies of the future.

She added: "We have added 4 new workshops in the field artificial intelligence namely, an introduction to artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence in newsrooms, artificial intelligence ethics, as well as a press conference management workshop and 44 new training courses including, but not limited to: content production tools through artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence in data journalism, copyright in digital media, creative management, media attendance, dealing with media (advanced level), podcast course for young age groups and many other important titles.

Al Ameri stressed that course list for the year 2024 will meet aspirations of the public and grant them the opportunity to develop their skills effectively, and at the same time invites those who are interested to develop and refine their skills to join courses advertised on the website or the main digital platforms of the Institute and communicate with the registration unit team.

It is noteworthy that the Institute's courses cover specialized and diverse fields of media, led and by a group of expert trainers to develop media skills and competencies and to provide knowledge and tools necessary to keep pace with challenges and changes in the media world, and to enhance the role of the media in spreading truth, information and opinion.

Al Jazeera Media Institute was established in 2004 as a knowledge edifice that combines theoretical knowledge and practical experience in training courses that cover various disciplines of journalism and communication. It also cooperates with a group of international institutes and institutions to provide high -level training services and materials. This deep experience is reflected in high quality training courses in various media disciplines.