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AL-Jazirah
Chair for International Journalism
Introduction
The chair was set up by an
agreement inked between King Saud University and Al-Jazirah Newspaper to
establish the first media chair kingdom-wide. It beefs up the research process
in specialized media and journalism. It brings benefits to media and academic
institutions, particularly Al-Jazirah Newspaper. It will upgrade the performance
standard of the staff members honing up their skills to keep them up with the
recent updates in the international press.
An international visiting
professor from the USA, having the required academic background and professional
expertise, has been assigned to supervise the research activities and training
courses conducted to a galaxy of researchers and postgraduates.
Chair time frame
The chair timeframe is four
years that may be renewed.
Strategic Objectives
The objectives of Al-Jazirah
chair have been spun off the strategic objectives of King Saud University. They
are closely-knit with media and journalism research stressed within the chair
program.
Following is a brief summery of
objectives:
1.
Beefing up the research process in local and Arab
academic research centers;
2.
Establishing an annual up-to-the-minute database on
the Saudi journalism;
3.
Compiling references and bibliographic lists on the
past studies that tackled the Saudi press at the local, Arab and international
levels. It shall service the chair research program, postgraduates, researchers,
the Saudi media corporations and the academic associations kingdom-wide;
4.
Providing the media library with studies and
researches on the local, Arab, and international press;
5.
Conducting the annual academic researches on the
Saudi press, in general, and Al-Jazirah Newspaper, in particular, as far as
journalistic connotations and Saudi readers' viewpoints are concerned;
6.
Beefing up the academic research in the mass
communication departments in Saudi universities and encouraging the faculty to
conduct more research work;
7.
Benefiting from the academic expertise and Arab and
international professionals to achieve the program objectives;
8.
Co-training the mass communication undergraduates
and developing the skills and capabilities of those who serve as liaison at
Al-Jazirah newspaper through conducting more training programs.
Chair Professor
Professor John Hartman, a
faculty in the Central Michigan University, has been selected to be chair the
professor.
Direction
Al-Jazirah program is
directed by Dr. Ali Al-Karni, an associate communication professor in mass
communication department, and the head of chair committee that comprises a
number of professors and researchers.
The annual program of
the chair runs as follows:
1.
Scheduling frequent visits to the KSA will by the
chair professor to conduct workshops and training courses;
2.
Organizing the annual symposium to Al-Jazirah Chair
for International Journalism in December every year. Professors; experts;
researchers in journalism will partake in the workshop with studies, researches
and lectures from inside and outside the kingdom.
3.
Holding a series of lectures
Some figures of academic and professional expertise at
the Arab and international levels will be selected to give lectures on certain
topics of journalism. The same goes for workshops which will function as a
springboard for the theoretical and practical activities of the chair.
4.
Working out a scheme to run an annual study on
Saudi journalism: “An Analytical Study on Forms and Connotations of the Saudi
journalism” and “The readership of Al-Jazirah newspaper: A Survey Study”
5.
Chalking out research schemes on the Saudi, Arab
and international journalism by the faculty of journalism and mass
communication.
6.
Mapping out a scheme on writing year-round series:
“Studies on Saudi Journalism” by a galaxy of mass communication professors
7.
Planning out a scheme on translating a number of
books on editing and profession-oriented development
8.
Making a program of hosting professional
journalists from the Gulf, Arab and international press.
9.
Working out a program to organize periodic visits
by students to the Saudi, Arab, and international newspaper headquarters and
organizing annual visits by the chair students to an Arab or international
newspaper every year in summer;
10.
Contesting to win Al-Jazirah Newspaper Chair Prize for International Journalism
The chair will bestow a prize upon researchers conducting the best
researches on the Saudi, Arab, and international journalism. Researchers will
present the researches in the annual symposium;
11. Conducting a training program for Al-Jazirah chair designed for Al-Jazirah
members of staff, male and female undergraduates of KSU and other journalists
kingdom-wide.
Address
Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia
King
Saud University
College
of Arts
Al-Jazirah
Chair for International Journalism
Post
Code 2456 Riyadh 11451
Phone:
+966 1 4670299
Fax:
+966 1 4670288
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