An intensive two days workshop aimed at creating a more efficient newsroom by improving its management.

Fourteen participants from Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania and Thailand took part in the regional workshop for TV News Management, a pre-summit event held on 25 & 26 of May 2008.

The two-day sessions focused on the traditional challenges and issues associated with managing the TV operation and on the impact of new media and media convergence. In a period of change and rapid development, the course examined the issues involved in managing change and the skills and techniques managers require to take their operations forward. It was jointly organised by AIBD and Thomson Foundation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The aims of the workshop were to generate more effective news management, to skill managers to deal with a rapidly changing ndustry, to promote the teamwork ethic, to understand and practice newsroom problem solving, to learn how to make higher quality decisions and to learn "people" skills.
The workshop had topics such as developing an operational structure that is fit for purpose, managing change, better understanding of the challenges of multi-skilling, mediz convergence, people skills, Team management, budgets and newsroom action plan.

The course was highly inter-active and participants played a full part. At the end of the course, they produced and came up with the plans of action for improving their newsrooms. The course was conducted by Mr Gerry Thurston, Media Consultant, Thomson Foundation.

Last updated 11.07.08 10:39 by Lisa