Press House concludes a training course on the topic of "Investigative Journalism"‎

Gaza - Press House

On Monday, October 19, 2020, Press House  - Palestine (BAS) concluded a training course on the topic ‎of  "Investigative Journalism", the training targeted a number of 15 trainees were selected as freshly graduates from ‎Journalism ‎and ‎Media ‎faculties ‎at the Palestinian universities in the Gaza Strip.‎

The training was provided the international Ms. Marine Vlahovic , the training was ‎lasted for 7 training days for 35 hours, via ZOOM application as part of activities of Strengthening Free & Independent Media in Palestine ‎Project‎‎.‎

The course was delivered focusing on the practical aspect, after introducing the investigative journalism and ‎what distinguishes it in Gaza, where the trainees worked in a group system, on a specific idea for each ‎group, based on the observations that the trainer gave it, concerning the basis for identifying open ‎and human sources and reaping the information that serves the course.‎

Ms. Vlahovic depends on a specific system to organize the ideas of the trainees and discuss them ‎about the idea of the investigation and the mechanism of its completion, so that it is written ‎appropriately, according to the information available.‎

The course  hosted Mr. Abdullah Sharshra,  Legal Counsel, who spoke about the common mistakes that investigative journalists may drop in , reviewing the point of view of the law in this side

Ms.  Marin concluded the course by discussing the investigations completed from the participating ‎groups, reviewing the errors and the mechanism of correcting them, and to provide them many tips ‎on the work of investigative journalism.‎