Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) organized a workshop on Citizen Journalism for Representatives of National Minorities on July 23-25, 2010.

During the workshop the representatives of national minorities got acquainted with information dissemination tools in Internet, as well as basic principles and ethics that guide journalism. The seminar had theoretical and practical studies.

As a result of the seminar, the participants obtained skills which will give them the opportunity to give voice to their community and its concerns through the Internet.

On the first day of the workshop, the participants got acquainted with a number of Internet tools and programmes; they gained skills on Internet writing and posting their own stories there and did practical assignments.

The second day of the seminar was dedicated to opening blogs, ethical principles of blogging and effective information dissemination through social networks.

As a result of the workshop, the participants are now able to open blogs, learned how to use them efficiently and applied the skills gained right in the course of the seminar by preparing their own photo and video stories. The workshop was conducted by Gegham Vardanyan of Internews Media Support NGO and Arthur Papyan, an expert at Media Diversity Institute.

The seminar is organized by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting supported by funding from the Foreign Ministry of Norway, the director of the IWPR Office in Armenia, Seda Muradyan told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.