MED MEDIA: THE JEMSTONE PROJECT Newsletter 12

JEMSTONE Newsletter 2

New contract: we have received the signed 1997-98 contract from the European Commission. Below is the revised schedule for the next 12 months.

Fax us now if you want more details (when available) about any of the events.

1997-98	Event	Participants	Duration
Nov	Masterclass in Damascus on the Arabic-language style-book	10/12	5 days
Feb	Specialist Reporters in Jordan, for business/ economic journalists	15/18	7 days
March	Management skills in Cyprus probably on Audience/Readership Research	12	6 days
April	Training Managers in Hilversum or London	12/15	20 days
May	Specialist Reporters in Turkey, for education correspondents	12/15	7 days
June	Masterclass possibly in Gaza, for news photographers	10/12	5 days
June	Training Skills in Cairo	12/15	12 days
July	Specialist Reporters in Beirut, for media correspondents	15/18	7 days
August	Journalism in Hilversum or London	30/36	25 days
Sept	Senior Managers possibly in Brussels	12/15	4 days
Oct	Round Table Conference in Amman or Cairo	40	4 days

In addition, we have funds for developing the web-site, strengthening the networks and responding "quickly and flexibly to the needs of our partners". So please let us know what else you want us to do.

Changes from last year: we will run more events jointly with other organisations, e.g. UNICEF for education reporters workshop and the World Bank for economics reporters. We need more such partners.

Jemstone Report -- contact us if you still haven't received a copy.

The National Jemstones, in every country of the region, will be developing their own programmes of extra events, which we'll support.

See last Newsletter for coordinators and contact numbers. tl/30/9/97