During the jury meeting of the Sharjah Government Communication Award

Sami Al-Riyami: Credibility is the most important component of the professional media

Editor-in-chief of "Emirates Today" newspaper, member of the jury of the Sharjah Government Communication Award, Sami Al-Riyami, stressed that credibility is the most important component of the media personality, especially in light of the circumstances in which false news and rumors abound, explaining that those who work in the media sector if they do not enjoy this capacity. He will lose his status as a journalist.

This came during the meeting of the jury of the Sharjah Government Communication Award, whose eighth session will be announced, during the second day of the activities of the International Forum for Government Communication, which will be held in its tenth session on September 26-27, under the slogan “Lessons of the Past, Aspirations for the Future.” Organized by the International Center for Government Communication, affiliated to the Sharjah Government Media Office.

Al-Riyami spoke about many topics related to the development of the reality of the media sector, and the differences between them and what is circulated through social networking sites of news, information and others, stressing that there are some personalities, who publish news and information personally on social media, are not media professionals, and there is a difference There is a great deal between what they do and professional and institutional media work.

Al-Riyami said: "The media, whether governmental or private, is a specialized media agency for broadcasting news with clear standards, and some personal channels spread on social media, even if they gather millions of followers, they do not amount to serious media work."

With regard to the development of the reality of media work, Al-Riyami indicated that there are differences between current and future jobs, considering that the technologies that the future will own will be huge and new and cover many of the tasks that a person can accomplish.

He continued: "With the acceleration of developments around us, we find that the media and the various means of communication have benefited from all aspects of technological development, whether in terms of developing standards or tools. Previously, we used to read the newspaper in its large paper size, but over time its size was reduced, then After that, we moved to read it through websites and applications operated by smart devices.”

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