VIKES did not rest during the summer either! In July 2016, we took a group of journalists from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Slovakia for a week-long study trip to Israel and the West Bank.
The trip deepened the participants knowledge on development issues and gave them practical experience on what it is like to work as a journalist in conflict areas. The five journalists that took part in the study trip were excited but also confused and shocked about the places they visited and the people they met in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
The trip was a great success and the participants gave it an overall score of 4.8 / 5. All of them would "extremely" or "very" likely recommend a similar trip to a colleague. Also, according to the feedback, all of them will work on the issues discussed during the trip also in the future. They especially liked the work done by VIKES trip coordinator Anna Palmén in organizing the programme and arranging the interviews and visits. The practical arrangements of the trip by VIKES and the other project partners also received many praises in the online feedback form.
Please see some pictures from the trip below. You can find more photos here.
Photos: Anna Palmén (VIKES, Finland) and Piia Puuraid (Ekspress Media, Estonia)
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| Photo: Piia Puuraid, Ekspress Media (Estonia). |
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| Photo: Piia Puuraid, Ekspress Media (Estonia). |
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| Photo: Piia Puuraid, Ekspress Media (Estonia). |
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| Photo: Piia Puuraid, Ekspress Media (Estonia). |
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| Photo: Piia Puuraid, Ekspress Media (Estonia). |
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| Photo: Anna Palmén, VIKES. |
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| The whole group with driver and translator Issa Loussi and trip coordinator Anna Palmén. Photo: Anna Palmén, VIKES. |
Texts: Maiju Mitrunen, VIKES
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Also, read the comments by the participants from the previous posts by the other project partners!
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