INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTRE KURDISTAN

The first part of IMCK workshop on Knowledge Awareness of Oil and Gas finishes in Kalar Ali Ghazi from Nature Iraq explains how oil and gas impact on the environment and IMCK journalism trainer Khaled Suleiman helps the journalists develop story ideas.   Part 2 of the workshop is in Sulaymaniya in December.  Experts on  oil and gas will give information to help journalists become more specialized on the topic. 

Journalists in Kalar on May 17, 2012 started a 3-day workshop on the use of Social Media for journalists. IMCK trainer Sardasht Aziz will teach them (among others) in three days how they can use different social media and internet to find news and information, and to communicate with colleagues. The workshop is part of a series that IMCK is organizing all over Iraqi Kurdistan with the support of Irex.

International trainer Joris van de Kerkhof started a 3 day training at Radio Garmiyan in Kalar. Van de Kerkhof, who is a reporter and trainer working at NOS Radio in the Netherlands, has trained with the IMCK in Iraqi Kurdistan for several times. The training which started on September 12, will take place on the job at the radiostation. Radio Garmiyan in Kalar is a part of the Kurdistan Islamic Union, but does not want to be involved in politics. The goal of the station is to stimulate civil journalism and focuss on education. The station was set up in 1997 and has 17 people working for it, as well as several volunteers. The station broadcasts 12 hours a day in both Kurdish, Arabic, Farsi and English. It is the most popular radio station in Kalar. According to Joris van de Kerkhof  "it was very rewarding to see the new knowledge directly applied."