Media Clubs
The activity seeks to create media clubs/ student societies and through them engage students on the promotion of CVE values through media focused activities within two universities. The selected universities include the following: Karachi University (UoK) Usman Institute of Technology (UIT) Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University (BBSU) Shah Abdul Latif University (Khairpur) To promote peer-based collective […]
Capstone Project Launch Ceremony
The time has come to show the world what our cohort members are made of and the change their DNPs will bring to the country’s digital media landscape. After all level 2 cohort DNPs receive ready-2-go (R2G) accreditation from experts, peers and GNMI management. We execute a series of activities titled “The Unveiling” contributing to […]
Mentoring and Individual Technical Support (MITS)
MITS activities are aimed at furnishing improvements to individual cohort members’ digital news platforms. We do it by patching them up with local and international mentors who review and provide feedback to each member’s DNP in terms of their business goal, branding, niche relevance, platform suitability, content quality and consistency. They also advise them if […]
Training Workshops
The training delivery is a mix of cognitive and participatory methods. It includes lectures, seminars, individual and group assignments, interactive subject assessments, and self-evaluation of the participants. We’ve identified the following technical areas best suited to enhance capacity of PEJP level 2 cohort members. We’ve developed extensive curriculum with input from industry experts in journalism, […]
Media Incubation Center & Acceleration Platform
MICAP is, in essence, a LMS that finds its roots in Moodle’s Technological Framework and offers innovative and critical training courses in entrepreneurial journalism, with an extended scope of online mentoring, event management, and connectivity to incubation services. What does it offer? – Virtual courses and training content – Access to startup services – Performance […]
The Bootcamps
The purpose of the bootcamps is to establish fundamental concepts of entrepreneurial journalism, ethics, online content creation, production through mobile and photojournalism, establishing news start-up, and marketing and monetization techniques so that the participants will be able to turn their raw start-up ideas into practical business models. Even if they are not selected for the […]
Program Digital Campaign
The project and its call for applications was highlighted on social media through an extensive digital campaign. It comprised of frequent social media activity on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. The audience were engaged throughout the call for applications duration (November/December 2020) through 7 posts with flyers on social media channels. Another aspect of the […]
Roundtable Discussions
Four Discussions in MIL for Women on July 17, 2021, August 24, 2021, September 28, 2021, and October 23, 2021, circled around online misogyny and hate speech, disinformation targeting women in aftermath of gender-based violence cases in Pakistan, media literacy, and health and related disinformation. The first discussion was led by Media consultant, blogger and […]
Podcasts
Four podcasts in MIL for Women discussed key challenges faced by women like digital harassment, deep digital divide against women, digital misrepresentation of women, and breast cancer. The first episode in our 4-part podcast series on gendered disinformation provided listeners with an insight into the digital experiences of women in Pakistan who have to deal […]
Webinars
Two online webinars were held on July 16, 2021, and October 11, 2021 on online safety for women and on the International Day of the Girl Child. The first online webinar focused on deconstructing what ‘online safety’ means for journalists and provided women journalists a platform where they shared their experience of navigating the Internet, […]