Civil journalism for Komala

IMCK commenced a training for the Iranian Kurdish organisation Komala. On Monday May 3rd, 2009 IMCK-trainers Nafiss Nia and Judit Neurink started a 5 day training in civil journalism at the Komala camp just outside Sulaymaniya.



The two before teamed up trained journalists in Iran in 2006. Nia is a Dutch/Iranian journalist, TV-maker, poet and writer, and she also did workshops for journalists in Afghanistan for Press Now. Part of the training will be done by Goran Baba Ali, a Dutch/Kurdish journalist working on websites (mainly Ex-ponto).



At the workshop at the Komala camp 17 journalists and media workers attended. They will be working on news, interview and reportage. Komala has its own TV-station and newspaper.

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