Petlo Literary Arts to workshop journalists

Barolong Seboni
Barolong Seboni

The Petlo Literary Arts Trust is set to hold a two-day workshop from April 10 to 11 under the theme ‘Reporting on culture, tourism, the performing and literary arts’.

The purpose of the workshop is to train journalists and sharpen their skills in reporting on culture, tourism and the literary and performing arts.  Speaking to Showbiz, Petlo chairperson Barolong Seboni mentioned that the aim of the workshop is to exchange ideas and expertise between media practitioners on the reporting of artistic and cultural events.

He said that they would also be reviewing books and musical concepts, feature writing for tourism and travel.  The workshop will be held at Maharaj Conference Centre. “People who should be eager to attend are journalists, cultural practitioners, tourism marketers, freelance writers, feature writers, editors of newspapers, media students and other people who wish to know more about the topics on the theme,” he said.

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