A six-day capacity building workshop regarding CVE Media Product Development for the students of media studies and PTV journalists, concluded here today at Pakistan Television Training Academy, Islamabad. Around thirty-four students of Media Studies departments from 16 Universities of Pakistan and four correspondents of PTV News & Current Affairs participated in this training workshop. Pakistan Peace Collective (PPC), a research & communication project of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MoI&B), organized this workshop which aimed at providing refined professional media product development skills with a deeper understanding of the role of media in countering violent extremism. The training workshop unwrapped with a discussion on Narratives, Impact & Critical Analysis of Conflict Reporting in Pakistan and the role of Media in Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). The concluding session of the training workshop was chaired by Mian Jahangir Iqbal, Principal Information Officer, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. While addressing the participants he emphasized upon the need for peace and harmony in the society so as to achieve the higher benchmarks of progress and development. He advised the participants to strive for achieving the higher objectives of life and play their due role in this regard, when they enter into practical life. He expressed hope that the participants would utilize the lessons learnt during the training workshop and contribute towards the peace building efforts as responsible communicators particularly while covering issues of violent extremism. He later distributed the certificates among the participants of the training workshop. Present at the concluding session included Mr. Shabbir Anwer CEO/COO Pakistan Peace Collective, Lt Gen (R) Shahid Iqbal, Amb. Sanaullah, Mian Aslam, leading businessman, and Shiekh Mumtaz Scholar/writer. The weeklong workshop based on the technical sessions for CVE based video & documentary production included script writing, conducting interviews, utilizing camera techniques, grammar of sound, lightning and editing. Students were also given a chance to interact with some victims of violent extremism in Pakistan. In the practical exercises, the participants also produced media products through smartphones based on the themes identified during the training. During training PTVC facilitated the participants for the exposure visit at PTV News, and arranged a talk show that enabled the training participants to interact with Rana Qaisar Sr. Journalist, Brig. Mowadat Rana Chief Editor, Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society & Mian Shabbir Anwer, CEO/COO of PPC. In the past five days Mr. Shafi Naqee Jamie Sr. Journalist, Mr. Tahir Imran Mian of BBC, Mr. Kamran Butt from National College of Arts Lahore, Mr. Ahmed Yousaf Producer GEO TV, and Mr. Farhan Mushtaq Producer PTV Lahore, and Mr. Faizan Gul from PPC also delivered their respective lectures on various related themes.
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