Covering international issues...

Covering international meetings provide opportunities for journalists to broaden their knowledge and reporting skills.

To prepare for such assignment, a reporter needs to equip oneself with background information of the issues related to the conference.

Being prepared is a basic rule to develop good reporting skills.

Journalist Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz said she read from online and Bernama copies on Rohingya-related issues to equip herself for an international meeting on the issue held in Kuala Lumpur today.

“We need to read (about the issue) so that we do not repeat what had been reported,” she said. 

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) special foreign ministers meeting on the situation of the Muslim minority Rohingya in Myanmar was convened at   the request of the Malaysian Government.

For journalists like Nur Ashikin, covering the assignment was interesting as it enabled her to meet and talk to the relevant people.

“I’m passionate about being a journalist,” she said.

She was also happy that she had made some contacts.

This was echoed by journalist Samantha Tan who was happy to cover the assignment as it gave her “exposure to global issues (and) strengthen contacts”.

“I understand more and clear (of the issue)…it will help in my writing or covering future assignment,” she said.

Getting the team to cover the event has its advantage for Bernama as it pooled the strength from the various sections.
Reporters and photographers from the editorial services were selected along with colleagues from Bernama News Channel and Bernama Radio to carry the Bernama banner in highlighting the issue.