Media Training Centre (MTC), a training center of Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ), organized five days long Photojournalism: Digital Photography Workshop on ‘Peace Process and Local Communities’ in Dharan, Sunsari from June 1-5, 2011. Mr. Sahaj Man Shrestha, MTC coordinator led the workshop.

Main objectives of the workshop was to enhance technical ideas and photographic skills of local media person on digital photography and to tell story of peace process and local community through pictures. It is expected, the workshop helped participants to learn about visual literacy and value of picture in media and how photography skill will support to process of building peace in the community. It helped them to develop their skills in handling digital camera, archiving digital pictures and digital dark room to publish their picture in different media. Participants gave positive response that the workshop helped them to understand technical jargons of digital photography.

Total numbers of the participants were twelve including 2 female and 10 male from four towns - Dharan, Biratnagar, Itahari and Inaruwa of Sunsari District. All participants have been working in local media for last few years.

Chief Trainer of the workshop was Mr. Bikas Rauniar, the Photojournalist and Photo editor of Kantipur Daily for nearly two decades. Mr. Vidhu Prakash Kayastha, communication expert of Dharan was a local resource person. Other trainer of the workshop was Mr. Jitendra Raj Bajracharya, Photojournalist of MTC/NEFEJ.

MTC also conducted a discussion program with Labor leaders, Radio Journalists and Civil Society members. The Program was focused on identification of labour issues and how the radio has been dealing the labor issues. In the program labour issues have been identified to overcome present labour problems.

Both Photojournalism: Photography workshop and discussion program were conducted with support from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (RSL), Germany.

Sahaj Man Shrestha, coordinator of MTC briefing in the workshop

Participants getting ideas and skill.