Doha: Qatar News Agency (QNA) launched on Sunday a specialized training course on photojournalism as part of the training programs organized by the QNA Training Center, which aim to develop and enhance the professional capabilities of media personnel in various fields of journalistic work.

According to Qatar News Agency, the three-day course will be delivered by media expert Sadah Suleiman Al-Kanani, with the participation of a number of agency staff, as well as employees from various media institutions and government agencies.

The course aims to introduce participants to the basics of photojournalism and provide them with advanced skills in capturing newsworthy and visual images. It also aims to enable them to understand the subtle differences between emotional images and news images, and how to employ visually impactful images to serve a journalistic story.

The course also covers several key topics, most notably the basics of photography for journalists, the concept of photojournalism and its role in covering events, the art of visual narrative in photojournalism, the difference between emotional and news photos, how to transform emotional photos into effective news tools, and the use of artificial intelligence in analyzing, editing, and documenting photos for journalistic purposes.

This course comes as part of QNA’s commitment to enhancing the professional competence of its media professionals and equipping them with modern tools that meet the demands of the contemporary media landscape, particularly with the development of artificial intelligence technologies and the expanding role of images in conveying information and shaping public opinion.

The course also falls under the QNA Training Halls plan, which was established to provide an advanced platform for training media professionals in an interactive educational environment supported by the latest technical equipment.