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Regional Media Support Network Est.

Posted on: Monday, 12 December 2005, 15:00 CST

According to "Jordan Times", a recently established regional media support network seeks to support independent, quality professional journalism, through funding in-depth journalism projects, and offering media coaching. Amman-based Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) also seeks to create a support structure for investigative reporters and editors, and to build a regional network of journalists, editors and associations, according to a statement released by the organization

. Funded by the Danish foreign ministry under a two-year program, the organization was established by Arab media activists and media organizations, in cooperation with the Copenhagen-based International Media Support (IMS), following a series of meetings that were held in Copenhagen, Damascus, Beirut and Amman. The regional office, which formally opened earlier this month, will operate in partnership with journalists, editors, and publishers, starting with Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, before moving into other Arab countries. Its grants will allow journalists and editors, who are passionate about telling a story but cannot go ahead with their projects because of budget problems, to investigate these stories, in Arabic or in English, for the benefit of their communities.

Source: Info-Prod Research (Middle East)

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