On Scene in Egypt: ICFJ Trainees Break News
By Natasha Tynes, Director of Middle East Programs
As hundreds of thousands of Egyptians pressed into the streets of Cairo and Alexandria in historic protests, Ahmad Agour, a citizen journalist trained by ICFJ, filed constant on-the-spot reports and videos on his blog. His reports were so good that pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Arabiya and Internet newspaper Youm Sabie ran his videos of a demonstration at a Cairo metro station.
Agour is a graduate of “On the Margins No More,” ICFJ’s most recent program in Egypt designed to cultivate a corps of citizen journalists who can report on the most important issues in their country. This is one of many programs ICFJ has run in Egypt over the past five years. From a conference on “Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age” in Alexandria to a program on election reporting that produced the country’s first voters’ guide, ICFJ has worked to ensure that reliable, contextual information is flowing in the cities on the Nile despite state control of many mainstream media.
The citizen journalists are covering the story of a lifetime. ICFJ participant Muhamed Sabry said he “took hundreds of photos and videos” now uploaded on his YouTube channel. Alexandria-based Mohammad Abdl Fattah, who trekked to Cairo every week for ICFJ training, has now become a regular commentator for a number of international TV channels including CNN. “Because of the new-media training that we received, we were able to film the ‘Anger Revolution,’ ” said Shady Mohammad, another participant in the program.
To view the participants' stories, click on the links at the right
المصدر الاصلى.
Agour is a graduate of “On the Margins No More,” ICFJ’s most recent program in Egypt designed to cultivate a corps of citizen journalists who can report on the most important issues in their country. This is one of many programs ICFJ has run in Egypt over the past five years. From a conference on “Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age” in Alexandria to a program on election reporting that produced the country’s first voters’ guide, ICFJ has worked to ensure that reliable, contextual information is flowing in the cities on the Nile despite state control of many mainstream media.
The citizen journalists are covering the story of a lifetime. ICFJ participant Muhamed Sabry said he “took hundreds of photos and videos” now uploaded on his YouTube channel. Alexandria-based Mohammad Abdl Fattah, who trekked to Cairo every week for ICFJ training, has now become a regular commentator for a number of international TV channels including CNN. “Because of the new-media training that we received, we were able to film the ‘Anger Revolution,’ ” said Shady Mohammad, another participant in the program.
To view the participants' stories, click on the links at the right
المصدر الاصلى. 
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