Arab Media Forum clips now available on YouTube

Sessions of the recently-concluded Arab Media Forum can now be watched online via YouTube, said organisers Dubai Press Club (DPC). All the sessions and workshops of the forum, which was held on May 11 and12 at Atlantis Hotel are now available online, it added. The proceedings of forum were uploaded online to reach as wide an audience as possible. The event was attended by more than 2,000 people. Around 57 speakers, drawn from a variety of backgrounds and belonging to Arab and non-Arab countries, addressed the various sessions of the event. Adel Ibrahim, Operations and Marketing Manager at Dubai Press Club, said the organisation wanted to take advantage of the latest technology to keep in touch with its target audience – journalists. He drew attention to the efforts of the DPC team to upload 91 video clips, consisting of the entire proceedings of the forum and the Arab Journalism Awards on to YouTube. "It also includes sessions recorded in previous years. We call upon all those who could not attend the forum this year or in previous years to visit the internet and make use of the video clips in order to follow the current debates on the media industry in the region," he added. Keep up with the latest business news from the region with the daily Emirates Business 24|7 newsletter. To subscribe to the newsletter, please click here .