1) Media and Resource Mobilization Training for NGOs
Contents of the course:
- Introduction to mass communication
- Significance of media coverage of any catastrophe
- Setting up/improving the media section in the organization
- Characteristics of the media men
- Focusing the needs of the organization
- Knowing the target land, people and local traditions
- Interacting with the beneficiaries
- Dealing with women and children
- How to obtain required information?
- Why photographs are needed?
- Camera handling and taking the best shot
- How to conduct and write a “Case Study”?
- Disseminating information through brochures and leaflets
- Interacting with journalists
- Team Exercises and Evaluation
2) Professional Media Crew / Journalists and Life Safety
Contents: of the course:
- Journalism and Humanitarian Assistance
- Ethics and the mandate for professional journalism
- Responsibilities of a journalist during emergencies
- Assessment of the locale and situation
- Reaching the right spot & getting the right point
- Performing duties in hazardous environment
- Protecting yourself and the equipment
- Essential First Aid and Survival guidelines
- Group tasks and Evaluation