They praised the training opportunity provided to them by "Emirates Today".
Honoring UAEU students for their efforts in covering “Expo Dubai”
A team from «Emirates Today» mediates students participating in the training during the honoring.
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The students of the Media and Creative Industries Department at the United Arab Emirates University (31 male and female students) confirmed that the training they received during their participation in the Emirates Today newspaper team at Expo 2020 Dubai constituted a qualitative addition in consolidating their educational and professional career. One of the most important factors in preparing students for the media job market.
The memorandum of understanding signed between Dubai Media Incorporated, represented by Emirates Today newspaper, and the United Arab Emirates University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, resulted in providing training opportunities for college students throughout the Expo 2020 period, to develop their skills in journalism, editing, interviews, and photography. Photography, video and multimedia production.
The editorial department confirmed that "Emirates Today", as a national newspaper that plays an important role in preparing the citizen's youth for media work, provided the opportunity during the Expo 2020 for the largest segment of media students to benefit from this global event, by training them on field work and all methods of work. The professional journalist, starting with how to obtain and edit the news for paper and electronic publishing, attending conferences and seminars and covering them in the press.
Mass communication student (journalism), Maha Al-Esai, said: "I enjoyed the training very much because it did not include news writing only, but we learned a lot and many skills, including writing and photography."
Her colleague Muzna Al-Amiri supported her, noting that her training with "Emirates Today" during this global event contributed to preparing and qualifying her for the media labor market.
Student Reem Al Kaabi confirmed that Emirates Today newspaper gave her and her colleagues a great opportunity at Expo 2020 in terms of public relations, self-development and self-confidence, and provided support for national talents to build a new generation of Emirati media professionals, while her colleague Sheikha Khaled Al Shehhi indicated that she had learned From this experience many new things and acquired several skills.
The students: Amira Al-Suwaidi, Maitha Al-Nuaimi, Amna Al-Loghani, Alia Al-Kitbi, Hajar Al-Dhanhani and Hamda Al-Balushi, unanimously agreed to participate in the coverage of the "Expo Dubai" activities within the "Emirates Today" team, as they refined their skills in searching for news and giving them experience.
While the students: Taif Al Qaidi, Buthaina Khaled, Jawaher Al Junaibi, Hajar Al Abdouli, Sherina Al Dhaheri, and Hamda Al Madhani, indicated that training with the newspaper team taught them a lot and developed their practical and personal skills as well.
The students: Aisha Al-Dohani, Nawal Al-Shehhi, Moza Al-Mazrouei, Zubaida Al-Hantoubi and Fatima Al-Hammadi, as well as the two students, Wissam Al-Majli and Muhammad Al-Rifai, stressed that the training in the "Emirates Today" newspaper gave them a unique opportunity, through which they learned a lot about field journalistic work.
At its headquarters in Al Ain, the UAE University recently organized a ceremony honoring the students of the Media and Creative Industries Department participating in training with "Emirates Today" in covering the activities of "Expo 2020 Dubai".
The ceremony included honoring 31 male and female students who succeeded in preparing a wide range of diverse press materials.
The honoring ceremony was attended by the supervisor of the “Expo 2020 Dubai” supplement and the deputy head of the localities department, Dr. Shaima Hanawi, the head of the photography department at “Emirates Today” newspaper, Youssef Al-Harmoudi, the head of the training and development department in the publishing sector, Asmaa Jumaa, the director of the editor-in-chief’s office, Youssef Ahmed, and the Vice Dean of the College. Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. Ali Al-Ghafli, and Dr. Ahmed Al-Mansoori, Head of the Media and Creative Industries Department at UAE University.
For her part, Dr. Shaima Hanawi, who supervised the training of the students, said in an encouraging speech to them during the honoring ceremony, that “the training agreement exceeded expectations by publishing the students’ materials on the front pages of the supplement to the beautiful historical event hosted by Dubai, in addition to the newspaper’s accounts on the communication platforms. social network, as well as its website.
In appreciation of the outstanding training experience that the participating students had with the newspaper “Emirates Today” throughout the period of the global event “Expo 2020”, the Department of Media and Creative Industries at the UAE University dedicated the latest issue of “The Reporter” to highlight it with two interviews with student Wissam and student Nada Al Mazmi, In addition to materials for female students published in the "Emirates Today" supplement, which was devoted to covering the events of the event.
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