KUWAIT: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) has launched its ninth journalism training program and will conclude on September 1 to qualify university students from Kuwait University with journalistic skills. During the orientation Wafaa Ramadan, the Head of Coordination and Follow-up Department and general coordinator of the summer program (2024-2025), said that KUNA’s continued effort with the program honors the agency’s academic work.

General coordinator of the program Wafaa Ramadan explains the program’s agenda.
Head of the Information and Research Center Ebtehal Al-Muzaini is pictured during the orientation program.

Ramadan added that the program would start on Sunday with workshops on how to write a proper news article and then proceed to apply what they learned in practice with the help of experienced news editors working in the editorial hall. The students will be separated into 3 groups once in the editorial hall and will rotate weekly in all departments: the local bulletin department, the Arabic bulletin department, the foreign bulletin department, the electronic department, and the artificial intelligence department. Ramadan highlighted that the students participating will be given two certificates and a financial reward at the end of the program. — KUNA