Digital Sahafat
A Training Initiative for Pakistani Journalists
Digital Sahafat is a program by the Google News Initiative, in partnership with Tech Valley, to equip 1,000 journalists in Pakistan with the essential tools, training, and resources to produce accurate and engaging digital news stories.
To date, the Google News Initiative has partnered with thousands of news organisations in more than a hundred countries to provide tools, programs, and workshops that help publishers worldwide in boosting readership and revenue as they evolve their businesses.
As part of this mandate, the Google News Initiative in partnership with Tech Valley has launched Digital Sahafat to support Pakistani journalists and better equip these journalists with the skills necessary to combat misinformation, verify information, effectively leverage digital platforms, and enhance their digital reporting capabilities.
Who is the Program for
The program is primarily for journalists, journalism educators and journalism students. It offers a deep insight into working with various Google tools to help journalists combat misinformation, verify information, effectively leverage digital platforms, and enhance their digital reporting capabilities.
What are we Doing
Tech Valley will select 40 journalists or journalism educators throughout the country to act as Master Trainers. These master trainers will participate in a 2-day training session conducted online by Google trainers, covering the following topics:
- Digital reporting skills
- Combating Misinformation
- Google's Resources for Journalists
These certified master trainers will conduct additional trainings to share their knowledge with a broader network of 1,000 journalists. Tech Valley will provide any support needed for the training.
How can you sign up?
If you, your newsroom, educational institution or organisation are interested in participating in the program, please nominate one person who can participate in the training session for Master Trainers. The training will be conducted in the beginning of October, please use the form to register your interest and we will be in touch with an exact date and time.
Each training will last two days for a total of two hours each day. Please ensure you can take out that time before signing up.
Why you should sign up?
The Master Trainer Program provides access to Google trainers and to learn from them about new tools and resources that can help journalists. In addition to this, master trainers will also:
- Receive Certification upon completion
- Be provided with a stipend to conduct additional trainings
- Become part of the Tech Valley Network, with access to more opportunities in the future