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 […]
Pakistan Entrepreneurial Journalism Program: Lahore Cohort

A three-day training on Entrepreneurial Journalism was held in Lahore with journalists from across Punjab on January 22nd, 23rd and 24th, 2021, with media industry and entrepreneurship experts leading the sessions. On the first day, Mr. Aoun Abbas Sahi (Pulitzer winning senior journalist), Mr. Talha Ahad (founder and CEO of the Centrum Media) and Marium […]
Pakistan Entrepreneurial Journalism Program: Islamabad Cohort

A three-day training on Entrepreneurial Journalism was held on January 26th, 27th and 28th, 2021 in Islamabad with journalists from across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad/ Rawalpindi areas. On the first day of the Pakistan Entrepreneurial Journalism Program’s Islamabad cohort, senior journalist Aoun Abbas Sahi spoke about the history and development of digital media in […]
Pakistan Entrepreneurial Journalism Program: Karachi Cohort

A three-day training on “Entrepreneurial Journalism: Planning, Starting and Growing Digital News Startups in Pakistan” was held in Karachi on January 15th, 16th and 17th, 2021, with journalists from Sindh and Balochistan. A total of 21 participants attended the training, out of which 8 were females and 13 were males. On the first day of […]