Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09AMMAN1518
2009-07-07 06:36:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
JORDAN: SPECIAL BBG TRAINING FOCUSES ON BROADCASTING
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UNCLAS AMMAN 001518
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/PPD AND NEA/ELA
BBG FOR LOU LANTNER, WILLIAM TORREY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGES: OIIP, KPAO, PREL, JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN: SPECIAL BBG TRAINING FOCUSES ON BROADCASTING
SKILLS AT JRTV
UNCLAS AMMAN 001518
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/PPD AND NEA/ELA
BBG FOR LOU LANTNER, WILLIAM TORREY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGES: OIIP, KPAO, PREL, JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN: SPECIAL BBG TRAINING FOCUSES ON BROADCASTING
SKILLS AT JRTV
1. (U) The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Office of
International Media Training arranged for a one-week workshop June
14-18 on Basic Broadcasting Reporting Skills at the offices of
Jordan Radio and Television (JRTV). The training was provided under
a ten-year technical support and maintenance agreement between BBG
and JRTV, which allocates $50,000 in training programs annually to
JRTV through 2017.
2. (U) The training was led by William Torrey, Operations Director
of BBG's Office of Marketing and Program Placement, and facilitated
by Louis Lantner, BBG's Director of International Media Training.
Sixteen JRTV employees participated in the workshop held in the
station's training facility. Torrey developed training material
for the JRTV workshop, drawing upon his radio and television
broadcasting career, including as a reporter and news anchor, and
his teaching experience at The American University in Washington and
other institutions in the greater Washington, DC area.
3. (U) Basic Broadcasting Reporting Skills was the stated subject
of the seminar, as worked out in advance with JRTV. However, most of
the 16 participants wanted more, as they included editors and
technicians as well as writers, readers and editors. Torrey
modified his material daily, to the appreciation of the participants
and the executive leadership of JRTV.
4. (U) The penultimate session required the participants to
interview one another on video or audiotape. Torrey then
demonstrated how to edit the interviews on a laptop computer.
Participants applauded after each of the several final packages was
presented.
5. (SBU) During the weeklong training, Torrey, Lantner, and the
JRTV trainees were given an extensive tour of the JRTV campus.
Included in the tour was a stop at a JRTV office, staffed by four
employees, who noted that their job was to monitor JRTV products for
their quality. From their comments, it was clear that the employees
were also responsible for reviewing the editorial content.
6. (U) THE FUTURE: This training workshop proved to be an important
first step on the ground for the expected cooperation and
coordination between BBG and JRTV over the next nine years. The two
parties are communicating about ways to benefit from the $38,000
remaining in this FY's budget, possibly with a training program in
the U.S. and another in Jordan.
Visit Embassy Amman's classified website at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/
BEECROFT
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/PPD AND NEA/ELA
BBG FOR LOU LANTNER, WILLIAM TORREY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGES: OIIP, KPAO, PREL, JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN: SPECIAL BBG TRAINING FOCUSES ON BROADCASTING
SKILLS AT JRTV
1. (U) The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Office of
International Media Training arranged for a one-week workshop June
14-18 on Basic Broadcasting Reporting Skills at the offices of
Jordan Radio and Television (JRTV). The training was provided under
a ten-year technical support and maintenance agreement between BBG
and JRTV, which allocates $50,000 in training programs annually to
JRTV through 2017.
2. (U) The training was led by William Torrey, Operations Director
of BBG's Office of Marketing and Program Placement, and facilitated
by Louis Lantner, BBG's Director of International Media Training.
Sixteen JRTV employees participated in the workshop held in the
station's training facility. Torrey developed training material
for the JRTV workshop, drawing upon his radio and television
broadcasting career, including as a reporter and news anchor, and
his teaching experience at The American University in Washington and
other institutions in the greater Washington, DC area.
3. (U) Basic Broadcasting Reporting Skills was the stated subject
of the seminar, as worked out in advance with JRTV. However, most of
the 16 participants wanted more, as they included editors and
technicians as well as writers, readers and editors. Torrey
modified his material daily, to the appreciation of the participants
and the executive leadership of JRTV.
4. (U) The penultimate session required the participants to
interview one another on video or audiotape. Torrey then
demonstrated how to edit the interviews on a laptop computer.
Participants applauded after each of the several final packages was
presented.
5. (SBU) During the weeklong training, Torrey, Lantner, and the
JRTV trainees were given an extensive tour of the JRTV campus.
Included in the tour was a stop at a JRTV office, staffed by four
employees, who noted that their job was to monitor JRTV products for
their quality. From their comments, it was clear that the employees
were also responsible for reviewing the editorial content.
6. (U) THE FUTURE: This training workshop proved to be an important
first step on the ground for the expected cooperation and
coordination between BBG and JRTV over the next nine years. The two
parties are communicating about ways to benefit from the $38,000
remaining in this FY's budget, possibly with a training program in
the U.S. and another in Jordan.
Visit Embassy Amman's classified website at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/
BEECROFT