MANUU to hold Workshop for Urdu Journalists on Countering Disinformation
Hyderabad: The Department of Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ), Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) in collaboration with the Department of MCJ, Osmania University (OU) and US Consulate General, Hyderabad is organising a One Day Training Workshop ‘Countering Disinformation for Urdu Journalist’, to equip journalists on how to prevent fake news and disinformation and misinformation from creeping into the mainstream media. The Inaugural Session will be held on May 09, 2023, at 9.30 am at CPDUMT Auditorium.
According to Prof. Ehtesham Ahmad Khan, Dept of MCJ, Mr. David Moyer, Public Affairs Officer, the United States Consulate General, Hyderabad will be Chief Guest whereas Ms. B. Sumathi, IPS, DIG, Women Safety, Govt of Telangana, Hyderabad is the Guest of Honour and Prof. Syed Ainul Hasan, Vice Chancellor will preside over the inaugural session.
Welcome Address and Introduction of the Guests will be delivered by Prof. Mohammad Fariyad, Dean & Head, School/Dept. of MCJ and a vote of thanks by Prof. Ehtesham Ahmad Khan.
Prof. Stevenson Kohir, Mr. Krishna Sastry Pendyala, Ms. Umam Noor, Mr. Sudhakar Reddy Udumula, and Mr. M. A. Majid, are the resource persons who will train and provide insights on various aspects pertaining to Countering Disinformation, Visual Content Verification and misinformation.
Earlier, the initial training programme was conducted at Osmania University, Hyderabad. A total of 38 Urdu Journalist and Urdu Journalism students are being trained by eminent Experts under the project (HydFactCheck23) for the last 4 months. Prof. Stevenson Kohir, Dean and Head, Department of Journalism, OU is the Project Coordinator. The project was supported by US Consulate General.
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