Press Releases 2007
U.S. Embassy To Host Journalism Training Workshops, Lectures On Election Coverage
10/26/2007
Islamabad — Veteran U.S. journalist and author Arnold R. Isaacs will
offer a series of training workshops and lectures for Pakistani
journalists on election coverage, the U.S. Embassy announced today. The
programs will be held at venues throughout Pakistan from October 28
through November 9.
“The role of a free press in a democratic
society is always essential, but never more so than in reporting on
elections. Journalists play a key role in informing the people of the
choices available to them and encouraging them to participate,” said
Kay Webb Mayfield, U.S. Embassy Counselor for Public Affairs.
Mr.
Isaacs served as a foreign and Washington correspondent and as an
editor for the Baltimore Sun for more than 18 years, reporting from
more than 40 countries. His work has also appeared in publications such
as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and others.
As
an educator, Mr. Isaacs has held teaching positions in the political
science and communications departments of Towson University and Johns
Hopkins University in the United States, as well as institutions in
Ukraine and China. He has conducted journalism training courses for
professional journalists and journalism students in more than a dozen
countries in the former Soviet Union, the Balkans, and Southeast Asia.
During
his program in Pakistan, Mr. Isaacs will visit Islamabad, Peshawar,
Karachi, and several cities in Punjab province. In each city, he will
conduct training workshops with professional journalists on issues
related to election coverage. He will also speak to university students
of journalism, mass communications, and international relations on the
role of the media in a democracy and in the election process.