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Arab Journalism Award Board approves the short-list for the awardees

  • United Arab Emirates: Sunday, March 08 - 2009 at 12:17
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The Governing Board of the Arab Journalism Award met last week at the Dubai Press Club under the chairmanship of H.E. Khalfan Al Roumi, Former UAE Minister of Information and Culture, and in the presence of all the members of the board, consisting of a number of top media personalities.

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The General Secretariat of the Arab Journalism Award revealed that the governing board had approved the names short-listed for the award in 12 categories, in addition to nominating candidates for the media personality of the year award and the best newspaper columnist.

The announcement came after the board reviewed all the recommendations from the various judging committees and the procedures followed in the process. The board indicated that the names would not be revealed until the end of April.

In this context, Maryam Bin Fahad, AJA Executive Director, thanked all the members of the judging committees for their efforts and for the smoothness and rigor with which the entire process was administered.

"The 8th edition of the award has witnessed a remarkable improvement in terms of the number and quality of participation from all over the Arab world. It was the first time some Arab countries participated in the award program. The increase in the participation of women is also a factor that we welcome especially,"


she added.

In addition to the review of the procedures followed for the award, the board also discussed the possibility of including web journalism in the award's categories as well as the suggestion for holding training workshops in various Arab capitals for helping journalists enhance their professional skills.
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