Citizen Journalism programme gets good response in Goa Citizens not just from Goa but as far as Delhi, Karnataka and Tamilnadu have shown enormous enthusiasm for the first citizen Journalism course which will begin in Goa on November 12.
Speakers from Goa and Mumbai will be part of the three day workshop, organised jointly by the JM Foundation for Excellence in Journalism and the Goa Union of Journalists. This is the first of its kind course on Citizen Journalism, being conducted in India. The workshop is being held at the Inspectorate of Factories and Boilers (IFB), Altinho, Panaji and will begin at 8.30 am on November 12. The Certificate programme will focus on training citizen participants on understanding news, laws which impact citizen, news gathering (civic laws, police Laws, consumer laws), right to informaion, press laws, writing and technology and issues pertaining to Journalistic ethics. Some speakers Goa's Senior Superintendent of Police V V Chaudhary, citizens' issues campaigner Roland Martins, Goa Union of Journalist president Prakash Kamat, journalist Aimee Ginsburg, Frederick Noronha, lawyers Amit Karkhanis and Jamshed Mistry apart from senior journalists Aloke Thakore and Shishir Joshi of the JM Foundation. "We have had an overwhelming response to the workshop and we are trying to accomodate as many people as possible and had to relax the last date to enable late entrants to register", Aloke Thakore of the JM Foundation said. The participation fee is Rs 3000 and Rs 1500 for students. This includes lunch and tea on all days apart from reading material for the participants. To allow as many persons to benefit from the course, the organisors have made arangements for last minute registrations on the morning of the workshop as well, if the participants can reach the venue before 8.15 am on November 12. This is to enable regisration formalities and I D Cards to be given to all participants. Those who still wish to register may contact senior Journalist Shishir Joshi on 98209 85853 or email on citizenjournal...@journalism.org.in Details can also be obtained from http://www.citizensreport.in _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ tambdimati: the Goa review is a community blog of original _/ art, writing, music, news and commentary from and about the _/ smallest state in the subcontinent. check out the newest _/ member of the Goanet family daily at _/ http://www.tambdimati.com. _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/