NEWS / PROJECTS: Children’s TV News Coming to Ramallah

By Filistin Remawi

RAMALLAH, March 4, 2012 (WAFA) – With the help of the German Goethe Institute and in cooperation with al-Quds University's Institute for Modern Media children's TV news is coming to Ramallah.

Under the title "Prix Jeunesse" (Youth Prize), the Goethe Institute started on Sunday a three-day workshop in Ramallah on how to make children's news and how to promote their programs.

Markus Mörchen, director of the German children news channel "Logo", was invited by the institute to give an insight to Palestinian filmmakers and producers of German TV formats for children and to discuss the question: "What kind of TV news do children in Palestine want?"

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NEWS / PROJECTS / AUDIO: ‘The Youth Times’ newspaper speaks volumes for Palestinian teenagers (MIDDLE EAST)

'The Youth Times' newspaper speaks volumes for Palestinian teenagers

NEW YORK, USA, 25 June 2009 – Although much of the news from the Occupied Palestinian Territory is focused on violence and conflict, there is different, yet just as important, reporting happening on the ground in the region – reporting from a distinctly youth perspective.

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'The Youth Times', a project of the Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation (PYALARA), is a monthly 24-page newspaper published in Arabic and English by young people, for young people. It is the only Palestinian newspaper for youth that is distributed throughout the territory.

Through a comprehensive training program, 'The Youth Times' develops young people aged 14 to 25 into leaders while providing both Palestinian and international audiences with vital stories that speak across borders.

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