Al Jazeera Media Week has kicked off in Astana. The international educational project is being held in Kazakhstan for the second time. Experts from the Al Jazeera Media Institute will conduct a series of training courses for journalism students and practicing media professionals in areas including data journalism, digital storytelling, investigative and mobile journalism, fact-checking and verification, modern documentary filmmaking, and interviewing techniques. Participants will take part in over 100 hours of theoretical and practical sessions, as well as exchange experience with international experts. The project is being implemented as part of cooperation established in 2024 during President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s state visit to Qatar, when a memorandum was signed between the President’s TV and Radio Complex and Al Jazeera Media Network.
«The Kazakh President’s TV and Radio Complex signs agreements every year with leading global media outlets and media companies. We would like the cooperation under these agreements to be available not only to our employees, but also to students of Maqsut Narikbayev University. We have already held a CMG Media Week. In other words, leading global media organizations come to Kazakhstan and spend a week providing training for students and Kazakh journalists», noted Yerkezhan Kuntugan, Deputy Director, Kazakh President’s TV and Radio Complex.
«The main goal of these training sessions is to give our students a firsthand understanding of international journalism standards. The trainers are not simply lecturers or theoreticians but practicing professionals from the Al Jazeera Media Institute’s international network. Throughout the week, they will provide hands-on training across various areas. The first day is dedicated to introductions, while on the following days, students will work either in groups or individually on their own projects», said Aigul Zhamalova, Dean of the International School of Journalism, MNU.
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