ANKARA
The program is being made possible by cooperation between the AA and the Turkish Police Academy in Ankara.
Visiting the 25 students of the program at the Police Academy, Deputy Director General of the AA, Ahmet Tek said that they received a result more than they expected at the end of the first term of the "War Journalism Certificate Program".
"We have noticed an increase in the number of news stories sent and better protection of themselves from those correspondents who had attended the first term of our program," Tek stressed.
Students of AA's second term "War Journalism Certificate Program" will receive a training of 104 hours, 72 hours of which will be practical training.
Those who complete the training successfully will receive an "Achievement Certificate" while other participants will receive a "Participation Certificate".
Theoretical and practical lessons would be given at the Police Academy and at the premises of relevant institutions.
Students of the program will receive lessons on samples of news stories on war, samples of photographs and visual materials, war photo journalism, war cameraman, body language, media management during extraordinary circumstances, principles for publication, first aid (heart massage, broken bones, carrying with a stretcher, wounds, burns), close defense, terror and terrorism, refugee camps, technology and information security, social incidents, explosives, mines, booby trap and dangerous zones, ballistics, personal security theory/field (bullet proof vest, use of gas mask), survival in a war zone theory/ field, vehicle safety (techniques for using motor vehicles), law of wars, chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear attacks, determining direction and map reading, and natural disasters (Simulation of earthquake).
