Workshop held on highlighting human-interest stories

TDT | Manama

The Bahrain Red Crescent Society (BRCS), in collaboration with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, conducted a remote workshop on “How to create media reports on press, TV and social media”. The purpose was to build volunteers’ capacities and develop their skills in highlighting human-interest stories, relief projects, and humanitarian relief programmes.

The workshop aimed at inspiring volunteers to produce informative media reports that emphasise the role and status of the humanitarian purpose of Red Crescent in the community as part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and its efforts to extend aid to the needy, whether at the health, social, relief or development levels.

The workshop addressed the significance of creating media reports, particularly in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and strengthening awareness among diverse segments of society of the precautionary measures that must be adhered to in order to break its chain of transmission, in addition to providing the most recent information, developments, and statistics about it.

Media personality Wafaa Hussein spoke in the workshop. Technical advice was provided on how to approach a report, visualising the form of the story and the scenes to be photographed, and assuring the high quality of lighting and proper equipment, in addition to a presentation of some of the applications used widely in this type of modern press.

The workshop emphasised on reaching out to entities involved in humanitarian issues and its relevant subjects. This includes news and reports about disasters and crisis areas and problems related to them such as displacement and asylum and the intensity of their effects on people, along with the challenges that relate to poverty, destitution, and others.