QNA Organizes Training Course on Editing, Monitoring, Analyzing Social Media

Doha, November 19 (QNA) - Qatar News Agency (QNA) organized on Sunday at its headquarters a training course titled "Editing, Monitoring, and Analyzing Social Media". This course is part of a series of training programs aimed at enhancing the skills of national media people in specialized media and journalistic fields. The five-day course aims to develop and improve the skills of relevant employees in various government institutions, equipping them with the necessary tools and knowledge to handle content on social media platforms. Additionally, the course focuses on training participants in monitoring and analyzing published content to understand trends in public opinion. Key aspects of the course include various aspects of monitoring and analyzing social media sites, starting with the objectives and mechanisms of monitoring, moving to the processes of editing, monitoring, and analyzing different social media tools, and concluding with extracting indicators and results. The course also provides practical training on monitoring techniques and methods of analyzing and editing monitored materials, tailored to the needs of the participants and showcasing QNA’s technical applications in the field of monitoring and analyzing various sites. At the end of the course, trainees are expected to present graduation projects that include producing media reports on trending topics on social media platforms to measure the benefits gained from this specialized training at QNA. In the current era, where traditional media has receded in the face of social media, which has become more attractive to millions of people, editing, monitoring, and analyzing social media websites has become an extremely important specialization. QNA inaugurated its "QNA Training Halls" in March, aligning with its vision of developing media cadres through specialized quality training programs. This initiative reflects QNA's commitment to enriching the media landscape with qualified young Qatari professionals capable of keeping pace with changes and developments in important specialized media and journalistic fields. (QNA)