Challenges for journalists in Egypt
Najiba Kasraee
editor of the BBC Academy's language websites
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The election in Egypt is not only an historic test for political democracy but a challenge for the Egyptian media in covering this unprecedented news event.
The BBC College of Journalism, including its head, Jonathan Baker (above), has been supporting the BBC World Service Trust and the Arabic Service to deliver training to Egyptian journalists from ERTU (the Egyptian state radio and television union).
In a unique partnership, the BBC Arabic Service produced Arabic 'Question Time' (Saat Hisab) for the Egyptian state-owned regional TV channels, the first such collaboration since the creation of ERTU in 1960. The programme was broadcast on both BBC Arabic TV and Egyptian TV.Jonathan Baker says one of the biggest challenges for the state media is to explain the complicated electoral system to its audiences, but he was impressed by the lively, open debate he was able to have with the Egyptian journalists he met.
