The Layalina Review
VOL. V NO. 9, April 10-April 27, 2009 Topics spanning from the impact of the global financial crisis on media establishments and the failure of business journalism to diagnose the symptoms of the crisis in advance to the issuing of religious edicts on television and the coverage of the war in Gaza will be addressed. Mariam Bin Fahd, executive director of Dubai Press Club, said sessions at the forum were designed to offer a true reflection of the current state of the media in the Arab world in terms of politics, technology and the socio-economic content. She reveals, "Apart from the various sessions and workshops, we are also holding a special keynote address this time on investigative journalism." The three workshops that will be held as part of the forum will focus on the proliferation of private television channels in Egypt, the mushrooming of popular heritage channels in the Arab world and the practice of fatwas being aired on television, reports Express. The news site explains the sessions were designed with a view to make the proceedings of the event a true reflection of the current state of the media in the Arab world, in terms of politics, technology and the socio-economic content. They will also focus on an increase in the number of print periodicals in the Arab world as opposed to their fast decline in the West. Other angles of discussion would be the emergence and evolution of the new media, Arabic versions of foreign television channels, and the work environment for foreign news agencies in the Arab world.
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