Prince Faisal bin Salman, Chairman of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) and Chairman of the board of directors of the Prince Ahmed Bin Salman Applied Media Institute, inaugurated a two-day media workshop at the Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh yesterday. The event has been organized by the Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) of the United Nations in cooperation with the Prince Ahmed Bin Salman Institute. The lectures will focus on the role of media in humanitarian affairs. Participants included Saudi journalists from print and broadcast media, according to a report published today by Arab News. Thanking the United Nations for sponsoring the event in cooperation with the local media institute, Prince Faisal bin Salman said the workshop would create awareness among the local journalists to react efficiently to humanitarian crises while they are in the field. Describing it as a forward march in disseminating accurate information from the Arab and Gulf countries, Prince Faisal bin Salman urged the participants to make the best use of the discussions at the forum that includes lectures by UN experts. On his part, Pat Banks, chief communication and information officer of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said the workshop was meant to advise media professionals how to deal with organizations in times of humanitarian problems.
