National Media Council Wraps Up Interview Process for Youth Media Council Applicants
The National Media council (NMC) has concluded the interview procedure for Youth Media Council applicants, where 153 students of numerous media colleges and institutes, as well as media representatives from throughout the UAE, applied to be taken into consideration for one of the 12 seats that make up the Council.
A media committee was formed to select 12 applicants to act as the Young people Media Council members based upon several criteria, consisting of a successful track record and thorough knowledge of the media field. The outcomes are set to be introduced on Sunday, November 4, 2017.
The committee includes Mr Jaber Al-Lamaki, Acting Executive Director of Media and Strategic Communications at the National Media Council; Mr Mohammed Al Kaabi, Project Assistant at the Office of the Minister of State for Youth; Mr Mohammad Al Hammadi, Editor-in- Chief of Al Ittihad newspaper; Nart Bouran, CEO of SkyNews Arabia; Mina Al-Oraibi, Editor-in- Chief of The National; and Dr Ahmed Mourad, Dean of the Faculty of Science at the United Arab Emirates University.
The National Media Council had launched the Youth Media Council throughout a Youth Circle to discuss the outcomes of a survey the NMC had performed with the UAE University Facility for Public Law and Management on Youth and Sources of Information and News. The survey supplied a glimpse right into the UAE media sector, recommending solutions to develop it and encourage young people to get associated with this strategic sector.
The Youth Media Council aims to recognize the views of young people on numerous topics to make sure that their expectations and point of views are satisfied. The Council will certainly take advantage of the abilities, experiences and imaginative suggestions of youngsters to prepare, design and guide the tasks and campaigns of the National Media Council and the media field as a whole. The Council likewise intends to promote favorable and liable interaction across the numerous systems of interaction, thereby sustaining the nation's national goals, visions and initiatives.
