Media Training Centre/NEFEJ
The period following 1990 saw proliferation of media houses which came up with daily newspapers. One can say the period marked the advent of print, audio visual, FM radio, online news portals and cable televisions. The Media Training Center (MTC) was launched with the objective of training a pool of journalists who can take up the jobs in the blossoming Fourth Estate.
Print: Currently lots of daily, weekly, fortnightly and monthly papers magazine has been in the market. Some are emerging.
Television: On the field of television, there are more than 10 stations. Add to it lots of production houses, which are producing television programs. They are struggling when it comes to hire trained journalists and producers.
FM Radio: FM broadcasting is blossoming too, with the government already issuing 239 licenses. Out of them, 130 are community radios. They are also in want of trained radio journalists. Community Radio Support Centre (CRSC) under NEFEJ is conducting training for the benefit of aspiring radio journalists. Hence what has been taken up by MTC will be of use to CRSC.
Cable Television: Cable operators purvey satellite channels to subscribers. They are present in nearly all the 75 districts of the country. While they are trying to extend quality service, they are not able to do so due to lack of trained journalists and camerapersons. The MTC will help train people who can produce local program on local issues.
Photography: A picture says thousand words. The MTC will be promoting photography by turning out trained photographers. NEFEJ had already started photo journalism training in collaboration with different organizations.
Similarly, the MTC will work for the benefit of online media.
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| General Secretary of NEFEJ Bhupendra Basnet and Helmuth Markov, Head, Internatioial Relations Department of RLS signing MOU for MTC program at ROSA Foundation in Berlin. |
Stakeholders of the Media Center:
- Community Radio Support Center
- Audio Visual Department
- Radio Sagarmatha
- Publication Department
- Other/GOs/I/NGOs/ Association and organization in related field.
MTC target: MTC will conduct basic training in the related field while also providing advanced training in the following area:
- Audio Visual/Television
- FM Radio
- Photography
- Cable television
- Online
Sustainability: The MTC will work on close relation with, CRSC, Audiovisual Department, Radio Sagarmatha, and Publication Department and in cooperation with government organizations, non-governmental organizations, associations and related organizations.
a. Support from different organizations b. Fees from participants c. In-house trainingOutcome: Center will produce trained journalists, thus helping entire media with the support from organizations and individual experts.
NEFEJ/Audio Visual Department runs an Aankhijhyal video program. All the participants will do intern in Aankhijhyal for three months.
Since NEFEJ is at the top of Radio Sagarmatha, all the participant will serve as intern at Radio Sagarmatha for three months. Participants will get more/better opportunity to learn about FM radio.
NEFEJ publishes a monthly magazine on environment and developmental issues called HAKA HAKI. It comes out from Publication Department. All the participants, who join up for print media training will serve as intern for three month. They will produce minimum of three articles on environment and development issues.
Some 200 journalists will be trained under this program every year.
For more information
write to the Media Training Centre at
mtc@nefej.org.np
or call +977-1-4261991/4260248.
