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Producer and editor course
for migrant media in radio and culture
Here we are!
Front row: Amran, Tanja, Arshad, Dana, Klaudia Middle:
Volodja, Ahmed, Dia, Camara, Olli (producer in KSL Radio),
Amir Back: Valeri, Rafi, Ike, Al-Waber
"Giving a voice to minorities, a major
step in migrant integration"
The above statement is true and it is its
truthfulness that motivated the organizers of the above mentioned course
for migrant media practioners.
The seed was sown by Amir
Khatib, founder and chairman of EU-MAN (the European Union Migrant
Artists Network), painter, journalist and art management student. The
seed, luckily, also fell on fertile land, the People’s Civic Center (KSL),
and mostly into the laps of Jukka Tainio, the able head
of training there, and myself.
The intial moves to implement
this course were not easy, as a lot of obstacles had to be overcome. But,
the tireless trio of Tainio, Khatib and Chime whose collective duty was
to bring the whole idea to fruition, never gave up.
It would not be wise to bore
you with the details of the hurdles encountered during this preparatory
period, but suffice to say that after fourteen months, the course started.
We were able to recruit twelve students who qualified by meeting the criteria
laid down for participation.
The study atmosphere is exciting,
which is mainly due to the students enthusiasm to make the most of a great
opportunity and get the best out of the course. The multicultural nature
of the classroom made for a rich atmosphere, as there is always something
new to learn – even from each other.
The entire course is designed
to expose the participants to the workings of the Finnish media, marketing
strategies and potential, plus the technical quality of marketable media
products.
The course also includes:
the radio programme production process, fund raising, networking and cultural
project production, and writing for radio and drama. The students will
also be provided with the infrastructure to develop contacts within the
media, both national and local radio and television, private production
studios and other agencies.
There will be a strong emphasis
on practical training during the course. In the second week, the participants
began producing and airing their own live programmes on KSL’s
Lähiradio channel, 100.3 MHz, and still do every Thursday for one
hour between 19.30 – 20.30.
The programme is called "Global
Radio" and has a magazine format drawing from the diverse backgrounds
of the participants. It broadcasts in Swahili, Urdu, Somali, Finnish,
English and Arabic.
An important part of the course
is a period of industrial training to gain some actual working experience.
The main objective is to provide meaningful employment for the students,
either self-employed, with a media company or as a freelancer. It started
in January and will finish in October ´99.
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