Test the news experience in the local dialect on the "first"

Youssef Al-Awadi: I will not give up the radio ... and the talk shows are my ambition

For several years, the dream of Emirati Yusef Al-Awadi remained suspended from the influence of the radio, which touched some of its peculiarity through his early experience in the school radio space, with which Al-Awadi satisfied part of his passion for communicating information and enjoying the reactions of the recipient audience, before he had the opportunity to join the press work, And to continue the march of realizing the dream of the media, in which Al-Awadi turned as a broadcaster and editor in the local news bulletin on “Al-Oula” radio, describing this experience as unique by all standards, given its vision rooted in the depth of the local community, its heritage extensions, and its focus on this basis on the acquisitions of the Emirati dialect, which is considered A cornerstone of his new media work in the Al-Oula Radio Network, affiliated to the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Center for the Revival of Heritage, aspiring to talk shows, and affirming his adherence to radio work, as it is a test of many experiences.

Privacy

At the beginning of his dialogue with "Emirates Today", Al-Awadi stopped at the peculiarity of his new media experience in the "Al-Oula" radio station, after a stage with the written press in the newspaper, "Emirates Today", that it relied on the vocabulary of the local dialect in presenting news bulletins for "science for the country", stressing By saying: “Through (Science for the Country) bulletins shed light on the Emirati society news, its local diaries, and some details of social life in the Emirates, in addition to shedding light on the news of various local and government ministries, bodies and departments in the country.”

Adding, "Al-Oula Radio's news is distinguished by its heritage, local character, which simulates the conversations of public councils in (Al-Fareej), and thus distances from the official character, and the protocols of official news bulletins that the public follows on other media platforms."

Special shine

It seems that the specificity of the work in the "first" has contributed a great deal to refining Al-Awadi's skills in the field of broadcasting, and inadvertently pushing him to bring up many of the vocabulary of the local community, which many Emirati youth have begun to turn away from.

Saying, “After completing nearly a year and three months of work, I realized that I had become more into contact with the authentic Emirati dialect, and this helped me in the task of transforming the news bulletin from (classical) to spoken (colloquial).

My work, along with an elite group of local media, such as (Mother of Emirati Media), the media figure Hessa Al-Asaily, contributed to learning about the elegance and charm of the local dialect, and presenting it in news bulletins that are concerned with the aspirations of the local listener in the first place », pointing out the value of learning in the experience Professional success by saying: “Through my daily dealings with her, I learned from the media Hessa Al-Osaily a lot of important and inspiring professional and leadership principles, which I consider to be real keys to success for me and every young Emirati ambitious in the future, in addition to the great humanitarian principles that I learned from her, such as compassion and dealing The sophisticated humanitarian, principles of commitment, discipline and sincerity in the smallest details of daily work ».

«Science for a country»

Yusef’s enthusiasm, in accomplishing his work, quickly led the people in charge of the news center at Radio Al-Oula to assign him more responsibilities, and promoted him to take on the task of a “reporting supervisor” responsible for the completion of all audio reports, and the tasks of communicating with officials in local and government agencies, an experience he described. Al-Awadhi said: “I am constantly working on the daily newsletter to prepare radio reports recorded externally or by telephone, which, in addition to dealing with various topics, focuses at the present time on the health and awareness aspect of society, given our continuous confrontation with the emerging coronavirus pandemic.”

He added: “The (first) listeners also followed a set of qualitative reports, such as the report on the experience of driving institutes in the face of the emerging virus, and a special report on the longest fleet to examine (Corona) launched by the Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services for emergency cases, and other qualitative reports.” .

Al-Awadi points to his constant and desperate pursuit of the uniqueness and innovation that the lovers and listeners of Al-Oula long for. Al-Awadi dedicated some of their details with a pure Emirati opening and brief phrases, accompanying the launch of each bulletin, saying "A summary of the hand of news."

Always keep up

Al-Awadi thanked the CEO of the Hamdan bin Mohammed Center for the Revival of Heritage, Abdullah Hamdan bin Dalmouk, who, through his daily follow-up of the details of the radio work, contributed to correcting the errors of broadcasters, directing them, and leading them to success.

He said, "He always encourages us to engage in all the details, and in proposing new ideas, investing and developing them to raise various topics, and to form a media figure who is knowledgeable, independent and able to face the challenges of the field."

Adding, "Thanks are also extended to the director of Al-Oula Radio, Natalie Odesian, who is constantly keen to encourage me to keep abreast of local events, embodying the radio's vision of promoting the Emirati heritage and presenting it in a modern, renewed format, to be an integral part of the future of future generations."

New experiences

Youssef Al-Awadi talks about the new media experiences that he lived through through his daily work at Radio Al-Oula, represented in producing and filming a group of special reports for social media, with a group of managers and officials, describing this step not only as pioneering, but also as the institution for the starting points of television work in the future The field that Al-Awadi hopes to join at a later time.

He said, “I will not give up my work at Al-Oula Radio, especially since the audiovisual experience contributed to refining my experiences and learning the basics of working in the field, after I went through a number of new media experiences, such as the experience of presenting the“ Science Eid ”news program during the Eid al-Adha period, which I practiced Through him on the origins of discussions, exercises to fill the air, as well as dialogue with the guests », pointing to his ambition in the future to present a news talk show that keeps pace with the interests of the Emirati street in all fields.

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