Welcome to iEARN Journalism 2.0

I and Ms Fatima Shakaiba Zakir(SM) welcome the YOUNG JOURNALISTS (grade 6ths students) who are now the part of Journalism 2.0 iEARN.The countries we will be collaberating with are educators in Ecuador, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Thailand and their peers in the United States.
Ms. Dina Guirguis the Grants Program Coordinator, from iEARN USA informed the participants that iEARN in all participating countries are expanding its successful high school journalism education program to engage young leaders who are eager to understand and to have a voice in local and national events and communities. iEARN’s GCE will feature: youth journalism certification course, English language learning support; community action projects; professional development and mentoring workshops; summer internships at media outlets; online and print school newspapers; and global classroom-to-classroom teleconferences. Participants will use cutting-edge journalism tools and social media to create, produce, publish and distribute news stories to a national and global audience.
During the next 18 months of the program, iEARN Pakistan which is a program of Society for International Education will organize “Reporting Labs,” in some of the participating schools with training, tools and resources to conduct their journalism education programs. As part of the program students will be able to design, conduct and compare observations and coverage of their local social, political and community activities and share stories through multiple interactive platforms and social media.