Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Armed robbers raid Wafi jewellery store

How did the national media dealt with this crime? use few news reports available online, along with your observation of how the story was covered in broadcast media to develop your own approach (the best) for covering the crime news in the UAE and this crime in specific. imagine
you are a decision maker in the main TV channel and its up to you to broadcast the news or not? and how to present it. considering the possible methods of admitting it, and minimizing the
possible national loss
you have to take few points into consideration
  1. the well-established and emphasized image of Dubai and the UAE as a safe country
  2. the fact that this publicity is one of the most important assets of the country that is believed to participate to its economic growth
  3. you don't want to hurt this image
  4. you have a responsibility to honest with your audience and provide them with information they expect and need.
  5. you should be responsible for the level of professionalism of your organization
  6. the crime is going to be covered anyway by other news channels

1 comment:

Nora said...

Dubai's economy has been booming on yearly basis. The expansion lead to a tremendous increase in tourism, investments and reaching international boundaries. With such expansion, the government is tightening its security by doing the following:
1) Educating its police force on the latest techniques used by law breakers
2) Collaborating with other countries to share knowledge and expertise in the field of security
3) Using well known institutions to teach its police force ways of analyzing cases from different perspective

Having all the above advantages used by the Dubai Government, it makes me at rest to issue the case on the national TV to alert people with the robbery that took place. The case will be introduced by showing the whole crime scene to viewers and teach them what actions need to be taken by them to prevent such an issue happening again. Knowing that the news will arise fear from people living in UAE and those coming for a visit, at the same time I am confident that the Dubai Government will increase it effort in chasing down those involved in the wafi case. At the same time, it will enable them to pursue extreme measures to avoid such incident from happening again. With such high confidence on the government, the case will send a message to others on the level of professionalism of our security.

Nora Khalid