Safo Safarov, executive director of the School told the Asia Plus news agency that the new training courses are organized for young media professionals working for both printing and electronic media. The project is supported by UNESCO and the Democracy Development Commission under the US Embassy to Tajikistan.

About 120 young journalists aged 18-30 will take part in the training sessions, which will be held twice a week in Tajik and Russian language groups during the summer. The courses are sub-divided by topics: “Printing media”, “Radio” and “Television”.

Upon the accomplishment of the courses, the youngest journalists (mainly students of Tajik universities) will have a chance to pass internship in the leading domestic electronic media.

The Tajik Independent School of Journalism will provide participants of the course with relevant equipment and access to the Internet.

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