News agencies across the wider Gulf Arab region tentatively agreed on Wednesday to launch a joint application enabling readers to access breaking stories on one platform, which will also provide live streaming of state-run television channels.
The initiative, agreed on during talks via video link, entails a comprehensive application that will feature all social media platforms associated with each Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) news agency, which will also include photographic archives and streaming videos.
The planned project, which is the brainchild of Qatar’s state news agency, will serve as a “link” joining news bodies across the GCC, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) chief Dr. Fatma Al-Salem told the talks, underlining the initiative as a step closer towards greater cooperation.
KUNA’s director general went on to cite some notable initiatives the agency has worked on as of late, which include panel discussions on pressing social issues, in addition to the agency’s use of social intelligence technology, she underlined.
The talks underscored common pitfalls that news sources often fall into, which chiefly revolve around the spread of fallible information and fake news, calling for an urgent solution to address the matter in a bid to preserve the credibility of these sources.
The chiefs of GCC state news agencies shared their views on a myriad of projects in the works, which run the gamut from joint seminars and workshops to the use of cutting-edge technology in the field of journalism.
Source-KUNA
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