Internet training and suggestions

Day 5.

February 6th 2008


The five day Internet Workshop for Editors and Trainees that started on Monday this week has ended today with the trainees requesting for more training opportunities in future to enable them cope up with changing journalistic patterns brought about by the digital operations of the internet facilities.
Throughout the brief learning session the trainer worked hard to impart the relevant theory and practice on the use of the internet and other matters relating to it. The leraning was guided by its philosophical stance of learning by doing
Thus, notwithstanding the limited time we had we managed to learn and covered several topics that included how the internet has changed societies and communication globally, the role of journalism in the age of the internet , the use of internet in everyday journalism and a look at both local and international websites. We are also taught how to find information on the internet and were also introduced to online journalism, e-mail communication skills and the legal aspect of it , basically plagiarism and copyrights as governed by the Copy Right and Neighbouring Act,1999 in the case of Tanzania
More importantly , we were also introduced to the creation of blogs and the linkage process accompanying it , which aspects featured prominently in the last days two days.
It is important to note that the trainer assigned us with journalistic research assignments for every topic taught in order to equip us with desired practical skills.
However, that done and said I would suggest that there be more training sessions of the same nature in the near future to explore new areas of learning for the journalists taking into consideration of the ever changing and sophisticated digital operations of the present times of which the journalistic world .is part and parcel.


Ends.