Global Media Forum

Journalism Training and Media Relations

Global Media Forum Training Group offers comprehensive training for journalists all over the world. A variety of programs are available in English and adaptable to Arabic, French, Spanish or German:

• Fundamentals of journalism (reporting, writing, editing)
• Writing and producing for radio
• Writing and producing for television
• Writing and producing for multimedia
• Journalism and culture
• Legal and ethical issues
• News management Specialty topics (war reporting, politics, economics ...)

Courses are conducted over one or two weeks or configured to client's timeframe. GMF will work with clients to design a training course or workshop to meet specific needs.

Media relations workshops are also available.

In today's quickening news world, representatives of humanitarian groups, government agencies and corporations face an increasingly complex array of challenges in dealing with the press.

GMF has prepared a series of workshops to help official and unofficial spokesmen develop a mutually beneficial relationship with the media and help to ensure their message gets through the ever-crowded news airwaves.

Let GMF put you in the journalists' shoes. You will learn how reporters operate, what they are looking for, what makes for good media coverage or a press-relations disaster.

• Group discussion plus exercises
• Simulated radio and television interviews
• One-on-one coaching
• Writing press releases
• Workshops run three hours, day-long, three days, or can be configured to the client's needs and timeframe.