INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTRE KURDISTAN

July 15, IMCK started its second week in the training of Kurdish female graduates in the basics of civil and professional journalism. Fifteen participants attend the second week that focuses on how to use Internet and social media in a professional way. Also attention to the use of infographics will be given. Khaled Suleiman and Internet-expert Sardasht Aziz are the trainers during this workshop. Last week the participants got an introduction to the basics of journalism and what news is. Media in Iraqi Kurdistan need more female journalists. They are needed to make the media more interesting for the big target group of women that are hardly reached now. Even though women make up the majority of all Iraqi's, they are hardly to be seen in the media. The training will last for six weeks with a focus on different subjects. The training started with a week on news and basic journalism, and will be followed by a week on print-journalism, two weeks for TV-journalism, a week t...

July 8, IMCK opened a starters' course in journalism for fifteen Kurdish female journalists in Sulaymaniya. IMCK wants to teach young, female Kurdish graduates the basics of civil and professional journalism in a post graduate training specially organized for them. Media in Iraqi Kurdistan need more female journalists. They are needed to make the media more interesting for the big target group of women that are hardly reached now. Even though women make up the majority of all Iraqi's, they are hardly to be seen in the media. News is mainly about politics, and if not, about subjects that are of interest to men. Women news in Iraq is often news about honour killings, violence against the family, the plight of widows - or perhaps about a famous singer. The fact that women play also a professional role hardly gets any attention. That political decisions also have effects for women, is neglected. Stories about business women or the career chances of young women are not found ...

IMCK on Sunday March 4, 2012 started a two month starters training for print journalism. The training will run  parallel to the post graduate training of IMCK, Media bo Khalk, and will make use of the same trainers, Khaled Suleiman and Ako Mohammed. The training covers basic and civil journalism, and will prepare students for a start in journalism. All students are from Iraqi Kurdistan.

Do you want to become a journalist in 2 months? And earn an IMCK certificate? IMCK will start a 2 months course for Kurdish young men and women who want to become a (print) journalist. IMCK's best trainers will teach them how to write good articles, how to report in a responsible way, what modern journalism is. The course, that focusses on print journalism will start in Erbil on 4 March 2012. There are only 15 places for all Kurdistan, so hurry and apply. Terms and Conditions: Age between 18-30 years. 200 dollars fee payable for the whole 2 months. At least a secondary school graduate. Free accomodation is provided for a limited number of students from outside Erbil. IMCK certificate earns you 2 score points in Masters' apllication. For more information please contact Saman Penjwini 07710178468. Here are some reactions by our former students of the project Media bo Khalk