INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTRE KURDISTAN

Dutch cameraman Lukas Morawski started a five day workshop at the Kurdish TV satellite channel Kurdsat to share his knowledge on sound and lights. Cameramen at Kurdsat will learn how to improve the sound and light situation in a studio and outside, and how to play with it to make the best picture. He also shows new equipment and techniques. After the Kurdsat training Morawski will repeat his workshop for his colleagues at Gali Kurdistan TV. Both stations are based in Sulaymaniya.

On February 10 Henk ten Oever and Felix Meurders started their second Masterclass for two presenters of Gali Kurdistan and two presenters of Kurdsat TV. Both TV channels are PUK . They will talk with the presenters about how to perform on television and learn them all the practical skills on how to make an exciting interview with a guest or correspondent, about the use of body language, tone, voice, and how to improvise.

Trainer Adrian Roling stayed on in Kurdistan for another week after his workshop in Kifri, to train 16 young reporters and editors of Gali Kurdistan, one of the TV-stations of PUK in Sulaymaniya. From March 23 to 26 he showed them what news items are and how to make a news reportage for TV. His participants were young and eager: 'They want to learn, they seem to soak in the information', Roling commented. The best product of the training was broadcasted on Gali Kurdistan. The stations' editor in chief is very positive about the changes made in only four days.