She confirmed that she worked on herself for a long time to be worthy of the title of "broadcaster."

Layal Abdullah: Dubai TV is my home ... and the experience of "Corona" taught me a lot

Layal: I feel the difference between my first look years ago ... and what I present today.

From the source

The Emirati journalist, Layal Abdullah, describes Dubai TV as being her first home in which she spent years, pointing to her graduation in this place before becoming a studio broadcaster, and she worked on herself for a long time to be worthy of the title of "broadcaster" who looked directly at the audience, and revealed to " Emirates Today »about her experience with quarantine and the« Corona »virus, from which she learned a lot, despite the fear for those around her and not for herself, as she put it.

She spent more than nine years on the program "Dubai This Morning", before deciding to return to presenting the news as part of the global newscast on Dubai TV, taking advantage of her professional experience and her daily morning appearances, which the audience returned to, to return again to presenting a summary News With the beginning and conclusion of the paragraphs of the new program «This Morning», and about her new experience, she said: “I feel the great difference between my first appearance as a news anchor years ago, and what I present today, and this is a natural thing related to years of experience and media training, after these years of working in the programs In the morning, I had to devote some kind of change and renewal, fearing that I would fall into the red tape, whether in terms of media performance or in terms of acquiring new professional skills. For this reason, the decision came to return to the field of news, the favorite place in which I currently feel that I am able to Excellence ».

The first rows

Layal’s decision coincided with the beginning of the Corona pandemic, which necessitated a new type of dealings around the world. For the media field, it is to keep abreast of the latest events and new news about the new virus, which in turn imposed different patterns of daily dealing with news flowing around the clock.

Layal confirmed: “In the period of national sterilization and home quarantine, things were completely different, closer to fear for family and loved ones, the risk of injury, and daily dealing with the latest developments. At a time when everyone was in their homes, it was our duty as media professionals to be present throughout the day to provide a summary. The news, the latest daily developments, and news related to the pandemic, and the transformation of Dubai TV during this period into the first and main source of reliable information, and also directly contributed to spreading hope and reassurance in the souls of people, due to its effective daily follow-up that contributed to its success by the commitment of the multiple work teams, both in the news center Or in the multiple Dubai TV channels.

Layal saw that the experience of presenting in the period of the outbreak of the pandemic, an actual school that allowed her to deal with the accelerating event, and read the news without the need for prior preparation, and this contributed, as she put it, to refining her professional skills and increasing her ability to deal with work pressure in these circumstances. The extraordinary, stopping at the efforts of the "Emirati media pioneers" and the first-row soldiers, to present a realistic picture that reflects the facts impartially without exaggeration or deliberate misleading, recalling those exceptional moments: “I will not forget those moments that we lived together, and the efforts of colleagues to produce qualitative reports and challenge circumstances. Home quarantine, working hours outside the home, and until we came back late in the empty streets, it was an experience full of mixed feelings. ”

About her projects in the coming period, Layal indicated that she feels comfortable and stable in the news center, and does not tend to rush, but rather prefers to wait in the realization of her dreams and in her professional steps: “I always feel loyalty to Dubai TV, which I consider my first home, and as a daughter of the Emirates, it constantly honors me. Working at Watani TV, which I spent many years in my life with, and by returning to presenting political news today, I return to my first field after I joined the media work, as I graduated from editor to reporter, then to field reporter, before I became a studio presenter, and maybe not Many know that I am a media graduate, but I was not good at writing in the Arabic language. However, I tried very hard to educate myself and enrolled in many specialized courses to be worthy of the title of (broadcaster) that overlooks the audience of the screen in the Arabic language ».

Collective responsibility

Layal does not hesitate to talk about her own experience with the Corona virus, which obliged her to quarantine for 14 days, explaining: “It is true that I suffered for only three days, but I was afraid primarily for my family, my family and the people around me, so I invite everyone Today, there is no underestimation and disregard for the precautionary measures currently taken to limit the spread of the virus, and with everything that the health authorities in the Emirates seek to implement, because this is inevitably in the interest of everyone, as the disease still exists, and it poses a realistic crisis that everyone suffers in all parts of the world, and it is our duty as individuals to We shall be of a great deal of confidence, and we have a high sense of responsibility and commitment towards our people, our loved ones and our country. ”

Open letter

Layal Abdullah addressed an open letter to media graduates who dream of storming the field and dedicating a distinguished experience in it, calling on everyone to diligence and persevere in order to learn.

She said: “I do not have the keys to success, but I am confident that field experience is completely different from academic study, which is definitely necessary to know the basics of the profession, but study is not the only key to the success of the journalist, but the ability to learn and continue to acquire new skills, and not to think about the principle of burning stages. To reach the goals, because the path of knowledge needs patience and perseverance, and passion and ownership of the spirit of initiative and innovation ».

• 9 years, she spent nights in "Dubai This Morning".

• Dubai TV has contributed, since the start of the pandemic, to spreading hope and reassurance.

• I only suffered with the virus for three days, but I was afraid in the first place for my family.

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