Al Rai hosts social media course for army officers

AMMAN — Al Rai’s Media Training Centre on Monday held a graduation for Jordanian and Kuwaiti army officers who completed a social media campaign management course. 

A total of 16 officers, four of whom are Kuwaiti, completed the course organised by Al Rai in cooperation with the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army’s (JAF) Moral Guidance Department. 

The course focused on social media design and management, campaign implementation, content analysis and legislation on publishing through these platforms. 

“This form of cooperation between national institutions is part of our responsibility to develop performance and further joint efforts towards the achievement of development goals,” Jordan Press Foundation (JPF) Chairman of the Board Ayman Majali said during the ceremony. 

Majali noted that Al Rai’s training centre and the JPF possess the necessary skills to train and develop human resources, adding that the centre has signed various agreements with a number of universities to enhance investment and partnership prospects. 

The JPF chairman applauded the foundation’s effort to launch a broadcast channel, which would offer “rich media content” that addresses community service and is scheduled to launch in two or three months. 

He highlighted the necessity for print outlets to produce content addressing and proposing solutions for social problems, which would boost readership and allow them to face the challenges posed by new media. 

Director of the JAF’s Moral Guidance Department, Col. Omar Rababaah commended Al Rai’s role in informing the public, and expressed hopes of further cooperation between the JAF and Al Rai.