INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTRE KURDISTAN

International trainer Elin Wyn returned to Kurdistan to conduct a second workshop for IMCK's post graduate training Media bo Khalk (People for People). This time she teaches the basics of radiomaking. The five day workshop started on February 10, 2012 and involves all the present students of Media bo Khalk. The workshop is the result of the cooperation between IMCK and the Falmouth College University, which is involved in improving the level of the post graduate training.

International trainer Joris van de Kerkhof started on Saturday April 2, 2011, on a short training on radio making with the students of the IMCK post graduate course in journalism, Media bo Khalk. Students will be introduced to the concept of radio, and be taught how to produce interesting items for radio making use of sounds they record. Van de Kerkhof will also talk with them about interviewing techniques for radio. The students started on their last month training. In May and June they will be working as an intern at different media in Iraq.

Radiomaker Joris van de Kerkhof arrived in Iraqi Kurdistan for the third time to conduct a workshop for IMCK in making radio. This time the participants of Media bo Khalq, the post graduate training of IMCK in Irbil, are his students. Van de Kerkhof will train them on the basics of radio making, to give them a better choice of what they like in journalism. Another reason for the training, which brings both the print and TV group of the course together, is that journalists more and more have to be multi medial. The training started on October 11 and will end on October 14, and takes place in the training rooms of Media bo Khalq in the Hotel Safeer in Irbil.

Nine young journalists joined Dutch radiomaker Fieneke Diamand at the IMCK for a 3 day workshop on background radio. The workshop started at July 26, 2009. Diamand has been working for most of her career in radio, and is specialized in background programs. She worked with the participants on formula's, idea's, how to keep a longer program interesting, etc. She also visited a number of radio stations in Sulaymaniya and Halabja to discuss ways to make background programs more interesting.

Three Dutch parliamentary reporters came to Irbil to help their Kurdish colleagues to extend their knowledge on how to report on politics and on the parliament. Hans Otte, Milja de Zwart and Roel Geeraedts all worked in this field for years. Otte is leading the training, as he did a civil journalism training with IMCK last year. With the elections coming the three Dutch reporters also try to teach colleagues in Kurdistan how to inform people to help them cast their votes. In Irbil, at the building of Aras Publishing, on April 21 they started a workshop of 7 days with 3 groups of journalists: working in print, radio and TV. Co-trainers are Xdir Domle, Shwan Muhamed and Ako Mohammed. The project is part of a project IMCK has started to create more understanding between reporters and politicians, and is partly funded by the American reconstruction fund.

After succesfully ending his radio workshop in Sulay-maniya (all eight participants received a certificate), Dutch radiomaker Joris van de Kerkhof started on January 25th on a second workshop, now in Irbil. Radiomakers from different radiostations in the Kurdish capital joined him at the facilities of Radio Zagros to learn in 5 days how to report for radio. The workshop was organised by IMCK together with the Kurdistan Organisation for Civil Development, and will end at January 29.

Nine radio reporters from different stations in Sulaymaniya have started a five day workshop at the IMCK. Dutch trainer (and reporter for national Dutch radio) Joris van de Kerkhof is working with them on making reportages for radio. His main aim is to teach the participants how to use sound in their reports. His co-trainer is Mohsin Adib.