AMMAN - Six media outlets in three Arab countries will this year witness the establishment of specialised units for investigative journalism with the aid of regional and international media support organisations.
The Amman-based Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) network and the Washington-based International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) announced on Thursday that they will offer a number of training courses on in-depth reporting skills for journalists in Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian territories, starting in March.

AMMAN - Media institutions can profit from investing more heavily in investigative reporting, journalism experts said on Sunday.
Nabil Dajani, professor of media at the American University of Beirut, said investing resources in investigative journalism can "save" media outlets at a time when many are facing financial difficulties.

Het journalistieke netwerk 'Arabische Reporters voor Onderzoeksjournalistiek' (ARIJ) organiseerde eind vorige maand zijn jaarlijkse prijsuitreiking voor Arabische onderzoeksjournalistiek. Opvallend feit: op de ceremonie in de Jordaanse hoofdstad Amman werden zes van de zeven algemene prijzen door vrouwelijke journalisten weggekaapt.

“Investigative journalists are like the dead rat that was brought to the party. No one likes us.” A colorful, throwaway quote from Seymour Hersh, the world’s most famous investigative journalist, speaking at this year’s Arab Media Forum in Dubai. And in the Middle East he could well be right; the region is hardly revered for its freedom of expression.

Some 200 Arab reporters will convene in Amman next month for the second region-wide conference on investigative journalism, which aims to further encourage accuracy, objectivity, balance and accountability in the profession.

AMMAN (JT) - Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), a media support network promoting in-depth reporting, on Tuesday released a comprehensive manual for investigative reporters in three languages: Arabic, English and French.

The Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) network announced this week its second annual investigative reporting competition.

Print and audiovisual media journalists from Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Bahrain, Yemen and Iraq can now submit their applications to the Amman-based network for this year's competition, which will, for the first time, include a category for reports on environmental degradation, ARIJ said in a statement released on Tuesday.

AMMAN - JT(29/4/09)Winners of the European Union Press Award for Excellence in Writing were honoured on Tuesday, with Mohammad Fudeilat taking home first prize of 3,000 euros.
Fudeilat’s article, “They left heroes and returned unemployed… the reality of freed prisoners”, tells the stories of Jordanians who were imprisoned in Israel, recounting both their experiences in jail and the socio-economic difficulties they confronted after their release following the peace treaty signed between Jordan and Israel.