Idc Herzliya Students Conductfirst-Ever Seminar

IDC HERZLIYA STUDENTS CONDUCTFIRST-EVER SEMINAR

FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS

MEDIA IN CONFLICT SEMINAR (MICS) WILL BE HELD AUGUST 23-27 ON THE CAMPUS

Students of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya will hold the first-everseminar that will explore international media coverage of conflicts with emphasis on the Israeli situation. MICS (Media in Conflicts Seminar) will be heldAugust 23 through Thursday August 27 on the IDC Herzliya campus in Israel. Open to 30 participating journalists and students, it will enable European media to experience Israel not from a distance, but up- close,with the goal ofimprovingpublic opinion.

MICS is an initiative of IDC students who are members of the StandWithUs Israel Fellowship, a year-long program from the international, non-profit Israel education organization, that trains students to become ambassadors for Israel.

Approved by the Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora, MICS includes journalists, editors, correspondents, and foreign correspondents from all over Europe including countries withan anti-Israel stance.Media, journalists and broadcast reporters fromGreat Britain, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Albania, Israel, and others are participating in the seminar.

Delegates willattend sessions, workshops and lectureson topicstopics such as, “how to cover a terrorist attack”; “psychological repercussions of conflict coverage;” “the use of military censorship;”and “conflict coverage by foreign correspondents.”The Israeli-Arab conflict will be analyzed as a case study. Theywill meet experts including Moty Crystal, Ron Ben Yishai, Dr Jonathan Fine and their European counterparts.Furthermore, there will be excursions and tours of television studios and news desks of leading Israeli networks.

MICS project initiator Taly Gerber, a first year student at the IDC's Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy and StandWithUs Israel Fellow noted that, "each student represents an exhilarating life story and to the journalistic profession. Our aspiration is that

together, we can create a wide social and professional network with representatives all over Europe. This network will aspire to more balanced media coverage of Israel as a result of their experiences here."

Leading companies have generously donated their resources and helped enable the seminar to come into fruition; amongst them are: the IDB Group, the YEC Entrepreneurship Club, the National Student Union, the IDC Student Union, Fattal Hotel Chain – who will host participants in the new business hotel "Leonardo Botique" in Ramat HaChayal

MICS will take place Sunday – Thursday (23-27 August) at the IDC Herzliya campus.

For additional details, please contact:

Nuphar Schwartz:054-5465935

Sharon Savariego:054-5842066

Taly Gerber:054-7420782

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