Amir Jahangir\'s presentation at Stanford University in May 2006

1. Innovation Journalism Program Pakistan
Amir Jahangir
Project Director,
Innovation Journalism Program, Pakistan
Stanford University
7 April 2006

2. Journalism in Pakistan
News
Current Affairs
Politics
Sports
Entertainment
Finance, Economic and Business News
What is missing?
Technology and Innovation
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3. Pakistan and Innovation Journalism
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4. “The goal is to increase public focus on innovation,
competitiveness, business and technology,”
Omar Ayub Khan,
Minister
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5. Competitiveness Support Fund
Partners:
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6. Innovation Journalism Program for
Pakistan Capacity Building of
Working Journalists
International
Innovation
Journalism Program
at Stanford
Phase Two
Innovation Journalism
Program, Pakistan
Phase One
New Resource
Development
Phase Three
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7. Innovation Journalism Program
Increase public focus on innovation and
competitiveness, business and technology through
news and improving communication within the
sectors and clusters and across sectors.
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8. Phase One: International InJo
Program at Stanford
 From 2006-2008, 12 leading
Pakistani journalists will participate in
the Innovation Journalism Fellowship
Program.
 Each group of Fellows will refine their
expertise in reporting on innovation
and will build international collegial
networks.
 The Program will assist in bridging
technology and business reporting in
Pakistan, and bridging Pakistani
reporting with reporting in the US and
other countries.
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9. The Selection Criteria
A body of Senior Journalists selects the
Fellows for the Innovation Journalism
Program.
The selection criteria is based on:
Understanding of Innovation Concepts
Experience and Track Record
Influence Amongst Contemporaries
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10. Selection Process for the InJo Fellows
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11. Media Organizations Involved in the
Innovation Journalism Program
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12. Phase Two: Capacity Building of
Working Journalists
Interactive workshops and training
sessions for working journalists on
industry specific issues
InJo Fellows to be the Mentors for these
interactions with journalists
Reports to be developed by participants
Journalist of the Year Award
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13. Competitiveness Strategy & Media’s Role
Boost Economic Growth
Journalists will
be reporting on
various issues Improve Competitiveness of Pak. Economy
related to
Innovation and Better Employment/ Knowledge-based
Competitiveness Job Creation Enterprise Dev.
Upgrade Enterprise Competitiveness
COMPETITIVENESS
Establish
Cluster Business SME Access
Innovation Industry-Academia
Development Incubation Linkages To Finance
COMPETITIVENESS SUPORT FUND
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14. The Innovation revolution has
already started
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15. Phase Three: New Resource
Development
 Identification of four geographical regions
 Three universities from each region on the basis of their core
studies
Business, economics
Technology
Journalism
 Institutions / Universities collect information on
competitiveness and innovation on various industrial clusters
 Journalism schools to develop content for newsletters on
Innovation and competitiveness.
 InJo Fellows will act as mentors along with the journalists
involved in the capacity building initiative
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16. Universities for the innovation program
QAU
Baharia Uni.
FJWU
UP
MIS
BU
BUITMS
IBA LUMS
NED University UET
Mass Comm, KU Punjab Univ.
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17. Thank You
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18. Jahangir Amir
Project Director,
Innovation Journalism Program, Pakistan
Consultant,
Competitiveness Support Fund
Pakistan
Phone: +92-51-809-8111
Fax: +92-51-225-234
E-mail: amir.jahangir@csf.net.pk
Chief Strategy Officer
Mishal (Pvt.) Limited
Phone: +92-300-855-5161
Fax: +92-51-282-3968
E-mail: ajjano@yahoo.com
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