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July 25, 2009
 Should bloggers follow ethical standards for journalism or is the nature of their work significantly different from that of traditional media? How should the print media, increasingly moving online in the region, adopt blogging and how do they maintain their standards if they do so? At a recent workshop in Dubai, bloggers and journalists from throughout the Gulf region focused on the increased visibility of bloggers and online forums in the region, the impact of new technologies on traditional media, and the relationship between bloggers and journalists. |
May 1, 2009
 Gender issues are receiving more attention on television in the Middle East, thanks to additional funding provided to the IREX-administered, US State Department-funded Middle East and North Africa Media Development Initiatives Alliance (MENA MEDIA) program to expand its TV production grants. The new and groundbreaking programming is tackling sensitive topics such as sex workers, female virginity, and suicide. |
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April 5, 2009
 In an effort to stem the economic downturn affecting media throughout the world, IREX assisted its partners in Egypt to adopt new approaches to achieving growth and income. The Middle East News Agency (MENA) is the oldest and one of the largest agencies in the region. However, with its long history there come some antiquated practices. |
February 5, 2008
 Media managers from the Arab world successfully completed IREX’s six-week MENA MEDIA Emerging Leaders Fellowship, a program funded by the US Department of State Middle East Partnership Initiative. Participants in the program’s second year included editors, executive directors, and managers from media outlets and businesses representing several countries in the Arab world, including Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, West Bank/Gaza, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. |
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March 29, 2007
 Independent Arab television news producers will be able to obtain financial support for their research and productions again this year. The TV Production Fund Small Grants awards will be made under the MENA MEDIA program, administered through IREX and AmmanNet and funded by the US Department of State Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). |
March 26, 2007
 Arab media managers and supervisors will have a unique opportunity this fall to enhance their leadership skills and find innovative solutions to the challenges they face in media management through a comprehensive six-week fellowship that will include intense training at the prestigious Northwestern University Media Management Center in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois and on-site placements at US media outlets across the country. |
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April 11, 2006
 Arab journalists and editors will have a unique opportunity this fall to improve their media management skills through a comprehensive three-month fellowship that will include academic training with the prestigious Northwestern University in Chicago and on-site assignments at American media companies. |
March 16, 2006
 Independent Arab television news producers will be able to obtain financial support for their research and productions this year. The TV Production Fund Small Grants awards will be made under the MENA MEDIA program, administered through the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) and AmmanNet, and funded by the US Department of State Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). |
