Media crises management sessions held for journalists in Oman

Muscat: A training course in Media Crises Management being held from January 21 and continuing until February 3, is being sponsored by the Omani Journalists Association (OJA) at its headquarters in Airport Heights.
This training course comes as part of OJA’s training programme for the current year, which includes 21 different training courses in professional and specialised fields that promote the skills of mass media professionals and keeps pace with technological developments.
OJA also organises other training programmes to for its members. The four-day course aims to instruct participants in how to manage media crises and provide brief information about the role of media in crises management.
The course presented by Dr. Obaid bin Said Al Shaqasi, Secretary General of the Human Rights Committee, offers a general introduction about media crises, their concepts and development. Participants will also discuss the types of media crises, their categories and the rules of addressing them during the second day.
The third day will focus on the position of mass media in dealing with media crises and the stance of establishments in media crises management.
Those in the course will discuss, on its fourth day, the final statement, some models and applications.
OJA seeks to enrol 30 of its members in this course.
It is worth noting that the Omani Journalists Association offers an ambitious training course that includes granting scholarships and providing training programmes in the English language, in addition to courses in professional and specialised fields.