TBS holds MoJo Stringer workshop at Comilla University
Majumder Babu, head of TBS Multimedia, said mobile and multimedia skills are essential for the future of news production.
A Mobile Journalism (MoJo) Stringer workshop was held yesterday (25 November) at the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism of Comilla University. The event was jointly organized by The Business Standard (TBS) and the department.
The workshop, with 60 students participating in the daylong training, was conducted by lead trainer Rajib Nandy, associate professor at the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of Chittagong. It aimed to provide students with hands-on skills in mobile news production, video storytelling, field reporting, interviewing techniques, and multimedia content creation.
TBS recently launched the "Community Engagement – MoJo Stringer" initiative. Through this program, students from journalism and media departments across Bangladesh can work under TBS Multimedia supervision, gaining real newsroom experience and contributing content for possible publication in mainstream media.
The workshop opened with a welcome speech by Mahmudul Hasan, Head of the MCJ Department. Lecturer Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun Chowdhury anchored the session.
Majumder Babu, head of TBS Multimedia, said mobile and multimedia skills are essential for the future of news production. He added that developing MoJo skills now will strengthen students' career prospects and benefit the country's news ecosystem.
Co-trainers included Emdadul Hasan, Multimedia Lab Demonstrator at BGC Trust University, and TBS Chittagong University campus stringers Mohammad Irfan and Saidur Rahman Shawon.
The initiative is part of Rajib Nandy's ongoing research project, "From Classroom to Newsroom," which explores the impact of experiential MoJo training on journalism education and professional skill development.
