AJMI - Doha

Al Jazeera Media Institute celebrated last Thursday evening graduation of a new group of trainees in the second edition of Podcast Diploma, where eleven participants successfully passed the intensive training program.

The ceremony was attended by Al Jazeera Media Institute staff and family members of trainees who came to celebrate their success in the 18-day diploma.

During the ceremony, Mr. Hamad Al-Houl Al-Marri, Director of Planning and Projects Department at Aljazeera Institute, praised the efforts made by trainees, expressing his pride in the level of creativity they have showen throughout the training period and the output of the diploma, wishing them success and excellence in their upcoming projects.

In alumni speech, Ali Al-Kuwari said: "Today, we feel happy and proud of what we have achieved in this training program, and we are proud to be part of this distinguished diploma in which we acquired skills and expertise necessary to produce professional podcast content, as the program included many specialized training materials, such as script preparation, recording and audio editing techniques in addition to marketing and distribution strategies for podcasts. For sure, these skills will give us more opportunities to achieve our goals in this beautiful world.

A selected group of trainers led training of this diploma, namely trainer Ibrahim Arab, journalist Aseel Abdel Hamid, producer Yusra Al-Asrkhri, journalist Mohamed Armash, photographer Fahd Al-Kaabi, engineer Hamdi Aoun and expert Mahmoud Al-Najjar.

It is noteworthy that this training program comes within the framework of Al Jazeera Media Institute's commitment to enhance media skills and upgrading creativity and communication levels in the digital media sector.