IPDC-supported training for Zambian and Malawian community radios started in Lusaka
26-11-2008 (Harare)
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The Zambia Institute of Mass Communication (ZAMCOM), with support from UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC), is organizing a two-week training course on ‘Digital Quality Radio Production’ for Zambian and Malawian community radios, from 17 to 30 November.
The training course seeks to take advantage of new digital technologies to produce high quality radio programmes with rich local content. Its goal is to equip local community radio producers with relevant technical skills that can help them to best optimise new digital tools for radio programmes production. Radio stations participating in this training are: Mazabuka, Mukushi, Radio Mano and Solwezi in Zambia, and Dzimwe in Malawi. ZAMCOM has requested gender balancing nominations from all invited radios.
More particularly, the course will emphasise the opportunities that low cost new media technologies can offer to prepare radio programmes. The participants will be taught how to use such tools as digital voice recorders and radio post production computer software to gather and produce high quality news, documentaries and entertainment programmes. Additional training modules will include advertising, sustainability and broadcasting ethics.
The training will also look at how the new technologies can effectively be used to produce digital radio programmes with rich local content. It will focus on field news gathering techniques, economic reporting and entertainment programme production whilst maintaining ethical media standards and norms.
After the training, the participating radio stations will be given radio digital editing suite and two digital voice recorders to enable them to start using the knowledge acquired during the ZAMCOM course. The participants are also expected to train the staff from their radio stations in digital radio production techniques.
More particularly, the course will emphasise the opportunities that low cost new media technologies can offer to prepare radio programmes. The participants will be taught how to use such tools as digital voice recorders and radio post production computer software to gather and produce high quality news, documentaries and entertainment programmes. Additional training modules will include advertising, sustainability and broadcasting ethics.
The training will also look at how the new technologies can effectively be used to produce digital radio programmes with rich local content. It will focus on field news gathering techniques, economic reporting and entertainment programme production whilst maintaining ethical media standards and norms.
After the training, the participating radio stations will be given radio digital editing suite and two digital voice recorders to enable them to start using the knowledge acquired during the ZAMCOM course. The participants are also expected to train the staff from their radio stations in digital radio production techniques.
Related themes/countries
· Training of Media Professionals
· Community Media: News Archives 2008
· Zambia: News Archives
· News Archives: 2008
· Malawi: News Archives
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