Press Releases 2007
U.S. Sponsors Day-Long Training Workshop On Election Reporting In Peshawar
10/30/2007
Peshawar — Veteran U.S. journalist and author Arnold R. Isaacs today
conducted a day-long training workshop on "election reporting and
investigative journalism" with local journalists. The workshop was part
of training programs on elections-coverage being sponsored by the U.S.
Embassy throughout Pakistan from October 28 through November 9.
"Journalists
have a responsibility not to take at face value the claims of parties
or candidates, but to investigate and verify the truth of what they
say," Arnold R. Isaacs told the participating journalists here. "They
should always ask themselves to answer those questions not answered
elsewhere, to tell their readers and audience what all the candidates
are saying and what all the issues are."
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.
"The
voters deserve to know what the candidates and parties represent. The
challenge for the journalist is to find out and communicate to the
public what those positions are," the veteran American trainer
emphasized.
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 also visit Islamabad, 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.