By: Monday Danladi, Bauchi
Thirty working Journalists in Bauchi state are currently undergoing a 2-day training on virtual Journalism organised by Center for Information Technology and Development CITAD.
Speaking at the openning ceremony of the workshop on Thursday, Programme Manager of CITAD, Mal Mujahid Ibrahim said that the training was a collaboration with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bauchi state Council.
According to him, the aims of the training was to impact the Journalists with the new trend and modern techmiques using visual journalism software to enhance their performances and speed up while reporting.
Mujahid Ibrahim stressed that, “Our expectation is to change the perceptions of the journalists on the way and style of reporting from analogue to digital system of reporting.”
Earlier, the NUJ Chairman, Comrade Umar Sa’idu commended CITAD for organising the training considering the present challenges in the industry.
Ably represented by the Council Secretary, Isah Gadau, the Chairman urged Journalists attending the training to focus more and learn during the training with a view to achieve the desire goals and objectives of the workshop.
One of the facilitators, Mubaraq Shehu Illelah explained that the CANVA is the latest software which most of the global media organizations use to desiminate and tell stories nowadays.
He said that media organizations like BBC, CNN, CGTN, Ajazeera, NTA among others are using it becuase of its unique advantages and easy operations.
During the technical season, he dwelled more on the basic knowledge of CANVA visual software and how to create contents, templetes, uploading, saving and sharing of stories
He further explained that the CANVA software has advantage of using even with your smart mobile phone to work anywhere, anytime at your convinient.
Our correspondent reports that the Thirty Journalists were selected from both broadcast and print media organisations in the State.
