Muscat,(ONA) – A workshop on the sports media in the digital age, organized by the Oman Olympic Academy of the Oman Olympic Committee, started today through video conferencing, and will last for 3 days.

The course aims to provide media professionals and those connected to the field of sports media, including athletes, technicians and administrators, with modern trends in sports media coverage and available publishing platforms, and the characteristics of producing sports content for each, in addition to providing them with the skills of dealing with the media.

Dr. Saba Naguib Jarrar, Head of Sports Science Department at the Arab American University in Palestine, will lecture in the workshop, with the participation of 15 media professionals from the Omani Olympic Committee, associations, sports committees and various media institutions.

The workshop includes many topics, including the map of global, regional and national sports media, the new sports publishing platforms “social media”, and basic skills in covering sporting events for different publishing platforms. It also includes basic writing skills for sports publishing platforms, as well as the skills of athletes and those responsible for sports with various media.

(ONA)