Addressing Educational Challenges in the Arab World: The Role of Media

FromDec 11, 2013 To Dec 12, 2013

CAIRO, EGYPT

Over the span of two days ERF held its first-ever training workshop for journalists. The main objective of the  workshop was to enhance the capacity of young journalists to write about socioeconomic and development related  issues more knowledgeably, specifically the issue of education in the Arab world. A group of 10 journalists from  Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia had the opportunity to be trained by distinguished journalists and researchers. The  trainees were also given tips on how to turn written pieces into social media-friendly content to extend online outreach. This workshop falls within the framework of ERF’s recognition that good media coverage is one of the tools  to inform the policy debate as well as to establish the connection between research and policy making.