A two-week seminar on multimedia journalism completed in Dushanbe on 26 October.

Sukhrobi Ziyo, representative of BBC in Tajikistan told Khovar news agency that 18 journalists from various regions of Tajikistan have received their certificates of completion of multimedia journalism courses.

During two weeks journalists attended lectures of former BBC employees who now work as trainers for a British media organization «Jadidmedia». The Tajik journalists have learned the basics of photo journalism; they practiced to work with audio and video files and learned how to launch them in the internet. By the end of the workshop, every participant had to prepare a three-four-minute clip covering a social topic. All works will be launched on the web site www.jadidonline.com.

«Not only experienced journalists, web designers, photo correspondents and cameramen attended the workshop, — says Ziyo. — It was also attended by university students of journalism faculties and free-lancers who wish to work in the sphere of multimedia».

The workshop was organized by British Broadcasting Corporation office in Tajikistan, a non-governmental organization «Jadid-media» and the International Fund named after Muhiddin Olimpour.

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