I enjoyed listening to Sami Zeidan, last week! I was very impressed with the range of his experiences and his ideas about international journalism were quite insightful and inspiring.
The moment Sami entered the class I was very shocked. I watch Al-Jazeera English quite often and know Sami as one of the channel’s faces well! I didn’t expect to see him as a speaker in our class, especially since we hadn’t received any prior notice about it!
I later met him in the evening alongside two other classmates at a local café. Our conversation was quite interesting and there was a good deal to learn from Sami’s experiences. The fact that he used to be student at MU and worked at KOMU and later taught at MU helped to establish a close connection and sense of identification between us, i.e. the students, and him!
His advice about trying to learn more about a particular part of the world and learning other languages was very worthwhile to me! Definitely, in order to get a job as an international journalist, one needs a relatively broad knowledge of the world and willingness to learn. Learning other languages would definitely help to further qualify one for the job!
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