Converged newsrooms in Egypt

CAIRO: A documentary film reported and filmed by students taking the Video Journalism course offered by the USAID-funded Media Development Program in Egypt. Chicago journalist, Robb Montgomery led the training and directed the film.

MDP's Tarek Atia and Ahmed Montaser were instrumental collaborators in the film's editing, and production of Arabic narration, voice overs and translations.


Director
Robb Montgomery

Producers
Ahmed Montasser
Tarek Atia

Egypt Media Development Program


Video Journalists

Aisha Essam El Haddad

Nirmin El Saber

Wessam Hendy

Bahaa El Taweel

Mohammed Azzam

Amr Shabana

Tarek El Sheikh

Quote from Wessam Hendy, a student in the class.
"The most important thing is the culture of pictures.

In the Journalism department we are used to dealing with written media.

So the priority now is to learn how to use pictures.

This is the best thing I learned how to film.

I learned new techniques that made me want to get a camera and learn more about the video editing software."

— Wessam Hendy, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University

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