The chief editors of local newspapers in the country reviewed during a coordination meeting, part of which was attended by the Minister of State, "President of the National Media Council," Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al-Jaber, ways to enhance joint cooperation in order to achieve a meaningful national media in line with the country's achievements in various fields.
At the beginning of the meeting, Dr. Al-Jaber welcomed the attendees, appreciating their efforts to achieve the vision of the state in a purposeful national media that matches its achievements and highlights the pioneering cultural model for it, pointing to the keenness of the National Media Council to continuously communicate with the national media and media leaders in order to achieve that vision.
Dr. Al-Jaber called for developing plans and strategies in line with the directives of the rational leadership in the necessity of enhancing performance and keeping pace with technological and digital developments in the sector and exploring the future and upgrading the national media system to enhance its distinguished role in preparing for the fifty, praising national cadres from the generation of pioneers and young creative talents of writers, presenters and media and the message they perform. , Noting the importance of supporting and empowering distinguished talents and providing the training and development necessary to build a successful career.
The meeting held at the headquarters of Al-Ittihad newspaper discussed the important role played by local media and press initiatives that are in line with the "Year of Preparation for the Fifty", while the participants reviewed a number of proposals that look forward to the future of media work locally, especially with regard to developing content for local newspapers to ensure Promote its spread to serve its national mission.
The participants discussed the mechanisms of coordination between the various local newspapers and benefit from the experiences among them in a way that enhances the development of the role of the national media in shedding light on the country's accomplishments in various fields and highlighting its leading position at the regional and international levels.
The meeting was attended by Acting General Director of the National Media Council, Jaber Al-Lamki, Executive Director of Emirates News Agency, Mohammed Jalal Al-Raisi, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Ru'ya newspaper, Mohammed Al Hammadi, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Bayan newspaper Mona Busmara, Editor-in-chief of Emirates Today newspaper, Sami Al-Riyami, and Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Al-Ittihad, Hamad Al-Kaabi, editor-in-chief of Al-Watan newspaper, Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Shamiri, executive editor of “Al-Khaleej” newspaper, Raed Barqawi, editor-in-chief of Gulf News, Abdullah Rashid, editor-in-chief of Khaleej Times, Mustafa Al-Zarouni and editor-in-chief of The National Mina Al-Uraibi and Director of Management Media to cover the Emirates News Agency Abdullah Abdul Karim.
In parallel, the newspaper "Al-Ittihad" celebrated today the former editors of the newspaper in the presence of a group of the most prominent media leaders in the state, where "Al-Ittihad" honored those media outlets that expressed their happiness with the new launch of "Al-Ittihad", which brought about a qualitative shift in the local press And Arabic, copes with the latest changes in the world of paper and digital media.
The newspaper honored both the former Undersecretary of the Ministry of Information, Dr. Abdullah Al-Nowais, Rashid Al-Araimi, and Mohamed Al Hammadi, the two former chief editors of the Federation, in the presence of a group of media and influential people from various media outlets in the country.
The celebration started with the speech of Hamad Al Kaabi, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, "Al-Ittihad", in which he welcomed the attendees who contributed remarkably to the "Al-Ittihad" march during 50 years and took them to far reaching horizons of success, thanks to them for what they provided to the "Al-Ittihad" during the last period and their love Union and their desire to achieve more success and excellence in the coming period.
The celebration witnessed the presentation of a photo report on the Federation’s chief editors since its inception, through the senior media leaders who took charge of Al-Ittihad newspaper and their keenness to add everything new and innovative in the media.
After that, the attendees were presented with an overview of the innovative programs that are presented through the digital platforms of the newspaper "Al-Ittihad", including the program "With the eyes of our youth", which reviews the most important local news with an innovative vision inspired by the new start of the union and presented by Mona Al-Hamoudi and Nasser Al-Jabri, who presented the first episodes of the program Immediately during the celebration, the audience also witnessed a paragraph on the "Knowledge" program, which is considered as a window to culture, philosophy and art issues inspired by the Union culture, with its daily pages and the weekly supplement.