In what is being touted as a pioneering form of journalism training, the CNN Academy program last week staged a large-scale fictitious breaking news simulation using a movie set in Abu Dhabi’s Yas …
CNN for the first time brought 88 participants from its CNN Academy programs around the world together for an intensive week-long training during which a breaking-news situation was replicated so they could report on a fictitious developing story in what CNN described in a statement as a “safe to fail” environment.
The exercise involved “verifying sources, attending mock press conferences, conducting mock interviews, responding to email updates, deciphering documents” and navigating the custom-made simulated social media platform “which was updated in real time throughout the event and included evidence, bots, decoys and news to sift through,” it added.
Aside from the simulation, the CNN intensive training also comprised masterclasses chaired by Becky Anderson, managing editor of CNN Abu Dhabi and anchor of “Connect the World with Becky Anderson.”
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