PESHAWAR:A two-day capacity building training workshop for staffers of official media conducted by Information Service Academy (ISA), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Islamabad concluded here at Radio Pakistan on Wednesday.
The workshop was attended by information officers, reporters, sub-editors, producers, cameramen, accountants and other staff members of the Press Information Department (PID) Peshawar, Radio Pakistan, Pakistan Television and Associated Press of Pakistan.
Director General of PID, Islamabad, Saeed Ahmed Shaikh, DG PID Peshawar Ashfaq Ahmed Khalil, Station Director, Radio Pakistan Peshawar, Iffat Jabbar, Deputy Director ISA Muhammad Asif, Saba Waheed PSDP Accountant, Ayesha Bibi IT Assistant PSDP shared their rich experiences and viewpoints about observing social ethics in news reporting, office management and Information Technology.
DG Saeed Ahmad said the information should be thoroughly checked to ensure it was based on facts and accuracy before its release and broadcast. He said that all news related information must be supported by strong evidence and must not be ambiguous.
He said journalists were like a mirror of the society on whom great responsibilities rested to portray the real picture of current issues, adding that speculations and sensationalism should be avoided.
Saeed said that polite attitude should be adopted while meeting with people in offices and masses should be dealt with great respect.
Later, the organizers and trainers sought suggestions from participants to make such kinds of workshops more productive.
A group photo was also taken at the end of the training.