MPI to host more digital news training workshops
CYBERJAYA: Malaysian Press Institute (MPI) will organise more digital news training sessions next year.
MPI chief executive officer Datuk Dr Chamil Wariya said the training was to equip journalists with writing skills for the new media.
“Journalism has gone through a major transformation, with news now being delivered online, thanks to new technology.
“It is important to train journalists, especially young ones, as news must be accurate, factual and reliable.
“The content is still the same. It is only the platform that has changed, from physical to virtual. Hence, we want to train newsmen to be competent in writing online news,” he said after the handover of office keys at a ceremony at Cyberjaya Lodge Resort.
MPI received the office keys from Emkay Group to its new two-unit office in Radius Business Park here.
MPI will begin operations at its new office in January next year, with one unit designated as a training centre and another as a secretariat office.
Chamil said the training centre would be furnished with modern equipment.
“We will provide the necessary tools to teach newsmen online news reporting and video production. We normally organise workshops in hotels.
“But if we cannot find a hotel, then we will use the training centre in our office,” he said.
Chamil said the market price of the units was RM1.8 million, but MPI received a special discount of 17 per cent and bought them for RM1.5 million.
Chamil said Cyberjaya was chosen due to affordability and Cyberjaya’s status as a Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) city.
“Cyberjaya is also a good address to rebrand MPI’s future as a premier training centre for journalists,” he said.
Emkay Group executive director Datuk Fazwinna Mustapha Kamal said that MPI having its own building was a milestone and that the company was looking forward to collaborations.