They expressed their happiness at covering the event and discovering the world

Media professionals at "Expo Dubai": proud of highlighting the bright image of the Emirates

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Unprecedented professional experiences, exceptional opportunities, wholesale lessons, and a constellation of other diverse discoveries.. UAE media professionals have witnessed it moment by moment at Expo 2020 Dubai, since its launch in early October, to live in its details and succeed over time in absorbing its privacy, expressing, as it comes to an end, about Their happiness and pride in experiencing the event, which they considered an ideal space to discover talents and learn, and to enhance the role of local media in highlighting the bright image of the nation.

momentum

The media, Diala Ali, described the experience of her participation in the media team covering the "Expo Dubai", saying: "Since the launch of the exhibition, she has undergone three media experiences, the first of which was (Dubai, the land of opportunities), which illuminates the experiences of the innovators in the (Expo Live) program, while the second is a presentation The (Expo This Morning) program, which introduces the public to the pavilions of the countries participating in the event, while I took the initiative on my social media pages to complete a number of reports and video clips, on the most prominent experiences of interest to the public when visiting (Expo), and I was motivated by the value of highlighting this event to the world. to visit him.

Regarding the advantages of the media work in the “Expo”, which she voluntarily sought to be a part of, Diala stressed that “Expo” expanded our perceptions, and made us discover the world around us, adding that “the creative aspect was shaped in the experience of covering this global event, making news, and creating Different ideas for addressing the various topics presented, after the (Expo) space provided us with media momentum and inspiring experiences, which made it an unmissable opportunity for every media person, to develop his skills and enrich his experience.”

Valuable lessons

The journalist Ibrahim Astadi confirmed to "Emirates Today" that for his passion for radio, he wanted to join the "Dubai Expo" radio team, to present two programs: "The World Sings" and "Dubai Never Sleeps", while presenting on Dubai TV the "With Expo" program. In which, in addition to the presentation, he prepares external reports.

Astadi explained that "he drew inspiring lessons and stories Saad covered and discovered for the first time in his life, which contributed to expanding his professional and humanitarian horizons as well, the most important of which is his discovery of the pavilions of participating countries in order to serve humanitarian issues, or the discovery of creators he dreamed of meeting, or the owners of initiatives that might change the future of humanity." Pointing out that these discoveries constituted extensive experiments that could only be achieved at the Dubai Expo.

national responsibility

As for the media, Maryam bin Fahd, who presents the “In the Emirati” segment on the radio itself, she said: “I learned a lot from the experience of working on (Radio Expo 2020), because it is my first local radio experience, and if I have several experiences in front of the camera, this audio experience Different and beautiful, because it gave each of us the opportunity to present a luminous image of our country through (Expo), and thus shed light on the achievements of the UAE in the most appropriate way.” By documenting her visits to the event by publishing pictures and stories on social media platforms, which prompted many to interact and participate, and then visit the Dubai Expo.

Tutorials

Media Dina Al Sharaf, who produced qualitative reports for the "With Expo" program, the daily television magazine that covers the details of the event on "Dubai TV", confirmed that what is most interesting in the "Expo" is that the media does not overwhelm the public's role in covering the exhibition's activities. This is a feature that was only presented in the framework of the "Expo", in which the presence of the media lens did not say that of the audience, who possessed the eligibility and precedence of covering the details of the event with mastery of sound, image and comment.

Al Sharaf added: "The creative game and the game of primacy no longer belongs to the media only, but is divided with the audience and embodied through the plurality of viewpoints and visions, and even the viewing angles of the experiences and events of the event."

Expo opportunities

For her part, Director of “Expo 2020 Radio”, Amal Al-Halyan, said about the experience of supervising a team of media professionals and covering “Expo” events: “In this experience, we relied on a set of main programs in which we invested national competencies, most notably the Emirati researcher and media figure Khamis Al Matrooshi, And broadcaster Hamad Al Kaabi, who presented some of the most important and successful radio experiences in the program (We Bring Together a Homeland), which highlighted a clear picture of our national achievements to the global (Expo) audience.” , which presents the (Expo Stories) program, and other programs in which a group of new voices from within the institution participated, for the first time, they experienced the radio experience, such as Emirati Amna Al Zaabi, Heba Al Samt, and Abeer Arab.

Experience as much as the event

Director of "Expo 2020" Radio Amal Al-Halyan said: "(Expo) is a major national event and a precedent in the history of the UAE. For this purpose, media competencies have joined forces under the supervision of the Executive Director of the Radio and Television Sector at Dubai Media Incorporated, Ahmed Saeed Al-Mansoori, to launch this new national project at the beginning of the year. October, dedicating a media experience that lives up to the value and importance of this global event, and inaugurating a new phase in the local media.”