The National Press Club Islamabad, together with Google and Tech Valley Pakistan, organised a certified training session focused on digital journalism, information verification and AI-powered reporting tools to strengthen newsroom capabilities across the capital.<\/p>\n
Tech Valley CEO Umar Farooq<\/strong> underlined the need to train journalists in emerging technology so they can report faster and more accurately. Project Manager Sameen Aziz<\/strong> led hands-on demonstrations of Google AI resources including Gemini, NotebookLM, Pinpoint and Google Trends, alongside practical verification tools that help reporters validate information in real time.<\/p>\n Afzal Butt<\/strong>, President of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, described such workshops as essential for upgrading reporters\u2019 skills, while National Press Club President Azhar Jatoi<\/strong> reiterated the club\u2019s commitment to building professional capacity among members. Secretary Nayyar Ali<\/strong> and RIUJ President Tariq Ali Work<\/strong> encouraged journalists to adopt new technologies to enhance reporting standards and career development.<\/p>\n Senior journalist Haji Nawaz Raza<\/strong> pointed to the clear shift from traditional methods to digital tools and stressed continuous learning as the industry evolves. NPC Senior Vice President Ehtisham-ul-Haq<\/strong> observed that AI is becoming a necessity for modern journalism and will play a vital role in shaping newsrooms of the future.<\/p>\n The closing ceremony saw distribution of Google certificates by Parliamentary Secretary for Cultural Heritage Farah Naz Akbar<\/strong>, Ambassador of T\u00fcrkiye to Pakistan Dr. Irfan Neziro\u011flu<\/strong>, Tech Valley CEO Umar Farooq<\/strong>, PFUJ President Afzal Butt<\/strong>, NPC President Azhar Jatoi<\/strong> and Secretary Nayyar Ali<\/strong>, recognising participants who completed the certified training.<\/p>\n The workshop drew senior office-bearers from NPC and RIUJ along with a large number of journalists from across Islamabad who described the session as highly beneficial. Participants welcomed the practical exposure to Google AI tools and verification techniques and expressed a strong desire for more initiatives that advance digital journalism in Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Digital journalism training in Islamabad equips reporters with Google AI tools, verification techniques and practical skills for modern reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}