Deputizing for Minister of State for Media Affairs and government spokesperson, Faisal Shboul, Director General of Jordan News Agency (Petra), Fayeq Hijazin, on Wednesday honored winner students at the Zarqa University’s Faculty of Media who participated in the second session of the creativity festival in Media.
Hijazin said that students of media faculties at Jordanian universities enjoy unique technical skills to produce media content capable of addressing issues of interest to society, calling for developing these skills through field training in various forms of journalism and media work.
Hijazin announced the initiative of the ceremony’s sponsor, Minister Shboul, on organizing a training course for winners of this festival’s awards at the Jordan News Agency (Petra) to increase their professional and technical capabilities in various forms of journalism.
He added that the Jordan News Agency is the house of expertise in creating news and journalistic content that carry the message of the Jordanian state, and it is also a house of expertise in high-level journalistic training from a technical aspect.
President of the Zarqa University, Nidal Ramahi, said that the festival aims to encourage students of media faculties in Jordanian universities to present their journalistic and media work to increase their professional capabilities in their field of specialization, which will positively reflect on increasing their competitive capabilities in finding job opportunities in the local or regional market.
Dean of the Faculty of Media, Amjad Saffouri, said that the festival’s current session received 60 productions from the faculties of media from Universities of Yarmouk , the Middle East, Zarqa and Applied Sciences, and Al-Khwarizmi University College. They covered all the festival’s themes in the field of documentaries, short films, podcasts, investigative journalism, feature stories and digital works.
Source: jordan News Agency