INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTRE KURDISTAN

The group of young female starters that is following a six week course in basic journalism at IMCK in Sulaymaniya started on August 12, 2012 on TV. During two weeks they will be taught how to use the camera and edit their material, and how to make a news item for TV. The week started with lessons on using the camera by IMCK trainers Beshad Shwani and Mustafa Al Qais. Shwani is an experienced cameraman who worked with different Kurdish media and now is with NRT. Al Qais has been co-training with IMCK on a number of workshops and is involved in the IMCK post graduate training Media bo Khalk. New photo's of the course can be found on Facebook . The course is supported by the German Consulate in Erbil and the Iraqi First Lady Hero Khan (Ibrahim).

The workshop for women starters in journalism of IMCK went into its third week. The young female participants returned on Saturday July 28, 2012 to the IMCK traininghall in Sulaymaniya to learn more about working for print media, with IMCK-trainers Khaled Sulaiman and Ako Mohammed. The course will focus this week on how to write different kinds of articles and how to make a (news)paper. At the end of the week a paper will be produced with their work. The course is made possible through funding from the German Consulate in Erbil and the Iraqi First Lady, Hero (Khan) Ibrahim. More photo's of the course on IMCK's Facebook page .