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Strengthening the role of economic media
Economical 11/23/2023
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Abdel-Zahra Muhammad Al-Hindawi
There is an equation that says there is no development without planning, and no planning without statistics, and statistics here mean numbers, data, digital and information indicators, which represent the solid base for planning, towards achieving development goals.
In the midst of this development equation, comes the role of the media, which represents the second leg of the economy and development, to achieve those goals, through the effective and influential role it plays. In order for the development media to be able to perform this mission and this role, it requires working to build a media base whose pillars and pillars are specialized media professionals trained to explain the true paths supporting development. In order to build this base, the first requirement is that media professionals be informed of all statistical data and indicators. Everything related to development is data, but what is more important than that is that the media person dealing with development and economic issues must have the ability to read these indicators correctly and logically, in order to be able to convey the simplified picture to people, so they can interact with the economic event. Otherwise, the numbers and indicators remain difficult to understand. By the general public, which means a widening gap between data producers and public opinion.
The occasion of my talk about the reality of development media comes after my participation in the workshop organized by the Social Field Studies and Surveys Unit, within the Economic Affairs Sector at the League of Arab States in Cairo, in cooperation with the Arab Gulf Program for Development. This workshop came to represent an important step and initiative, in bridging the relationship, And strengthening it among media professionals, producers of statistical data, planners, and development policy makers. The importance of the initiative appears through the quality of Arab media participants who represent most Arab countries, as well as through the topics and files that were discussed, and the recommendations that the participants came out with, and perhaps among the most important things that Arab media professionals and statisticians discussed It is to determine the needs of media professionals for development indicators, diagnose problems and difficulties in obtaining and accessing data sources, and thus employ new media in spreading awareness of sustainable development issues among young people. Media professionals have also not missed discussing the impact of using artificial intelligence techniques in analyzing data on news websites, as well as About children's rights, reproductive health, and other important issues.
Hence, I find it appropriate that we benefit from such media and development activities and work to generalize the experience in Iraq, by organizing more workshops between the media and stakeholders, including data producers and economic policy makers, as every media institution should have a newspaper, whether or not Radio, news agency, or television channel, an economic department that includes an elite group of writers, editors, and analysts who are able to keep up with, read, and analyze economic events, and help decision-makers in formulating the correct development policy in the country.
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