(MENAFNEditorial) Eleven junior PR executives learned how to write better press releases during a workshop at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) recently. The workshop was organized by the Middle East PR Association (MEPRA) and conducted by MEPRA member Dr. Alma Kadragic, Director of New Programs in Humanities and Social Sciences, UOWD.
The press release writing workshop is a staple of MEPRA's menu of short professional courses, but for the first time in four years, it was held in a computer lab so that participants could draft press releases, print them, and analyze the results.
"This one day intensive workshop not only provided the framework for writing good news releases for English language audiences but an environment to practice with immediate feedback from trainer and classmates," said Dr. Kadragic.
The workshop covered topics like packaging news and information for the media, negotiating with clients on what is news, writing the first paragraph and headline, structuring the news release in a form likely to be accepted by journalists, and measuring results.
This year UOWD launched a Master of Media and Communications program, directed by Dr. Kadragic, who also supervises the Master of International Studies program. She has been in the UAE for seven years as an academic, freelance journalist, and PR consultant.
Formerly a producer and bureau chief for ABC News in the US and Europe, she later owned and operated a PR agency in the US and Poland.
She is co-author of the first PR handbook in Poland and wrote the book Globalization and Human Rights as well as chapters in books on family business and sports talk radio. She writes a monthly media column for Tempo magazine and is the founding editor of the journal Middle East Media Educator, published at UOWD.
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