Yosri Fouda ^_^ respected person

Yosri Fouda (Arabic: يسري فودة‎ Yusrī Fūdah, IPA: [ˈjosɾi ˈfuːdæ]), born in Egypt, is a journalist who initially worked for the BBC's short-lived Arabic-subsidiary covering the ongoing struggle in Bosnia with veteran reporter Martin Bell. He currently works for the independent Cairo-based ON TV, which is largely owned by Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris. He is the co-author of 'Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Behind the Most Devastating Attack The World Has Ever Seen', published in 2003 by Arcade Publishing. Egypt's Shorouk newspaper has posted a special cartoon for him, greeting him for his Egypt post-revolution coverage.^[1]

In 1996, he joined the newly-forming Al Jazeera, and is the bureau chief for the Arabic arm of the news agency. In September 2002, Fouda interviewed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who admitted his involvement, along with Ramzi bin al-Shibh, in the September 11 attacks.^[2] It has been suggested that Fouda gave away the hideaway location of bin al-Shibh to Al-Jazeera's chairman Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani, a cousin of the Emir of Qatar, and that CIA director George Tenet received the location tip-off from the Emir, resulting in bin al-Shibh's capture.^[3]

In the Arab World Fouda gained fame with his program called Top Secret (Arabic: سري للغاية‎, Sirrī lil-Ġāyah) on Al Jazeera.

Fouda later took on a side job teaching at the Cairo University.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, Fouda, now in charge of Jazeera's London bureau, broke a story on a "martyrdom video" by "9/11 hijackers" Mohamed Atta and Ziad Jarrah.^[4]

In May 2003 Yosri Fouda and Nick Fielding's book Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Behind the Most Devastating Terrorist Attack the World Has Ever Seen was published by Arcade Publishing.^{[5] ^_^}

Oprah Winfrey ^_^ good example for media in Europe

Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey^[1] on January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist, best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011.^[2] She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century,^[3] the greatest black philanthropist in American history,^[4][5] and was for a time the world's only black billionaire.^[6][7] She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world.^[8][9]

Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She experienced considerable hardship during her childhood, claiming to be raped at age nine and becoming pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy.^[10]Sent to live with the man she calls her father, a barber in Tennessee, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19. Her emotional ad-lib delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime-talk-show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place,^[6] she launched her own production company and became internationally syndicated.

Credited with creating a more intimate confessional form of media communication,^[11] she is thought to have popularized and revolutionized^[11][12] thetabloid talk show genre pioneered by Phil Donahue,^[11] which a Yale study claims broke 20th century taboos and allowed LGBT people to enter the mainstream.^[13][14] By the mid 1990s, she had reinvented her show with a focus on literature, self-improvement, and spirituality. Though criticized for unleashing confession culture, promoting controversial self-help ideas,^[15] and an emotion-centered approach^[16] she is often praised for overcoming adversity to become a benefactor to others.^[17] From 2006 to 2008, her support of Barack Obama, by one estimate, delivered over a million votes in the close 2008 Democratic primary race.^[18]

Winfrey was originally named "Orpah" after the Biblical character in the Book of Ruth, but her family and friends "didn't know how to pronounce it", and called her "Oprah" instead.^[1]

Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to an unmarried teenage mother. She later said that her conception was due to a single sexual encounter and the couple broke up not long after.^[19] Her mother, Vernita Lee (born c. 1935), was a housemaid. Winfrey had believed that her biological father was Vernon Winfrey (born 1933), a coal miner turned barber turned city councilman who had been in the Armed Forces when she was born. Decades later, Mississippi farmer and World War II veteran Noah Robinson Sr. (born c. 1925) claimed to be her biological father.^[20] A genetic test in 2006 determined that her maternal line originated among the Kpelle ethnic group, in the area that today is Liberia. Her genetic make up was determined to be 89 percent Sub-Saharan African, 8% Native American, and 3% East Asian; however, the East Asian may, due to the imprecisions of genetic testing, actually be Native American markers.^[21]

Personal wealth

Born in rural poverty, then raised by a mother on welfare in a poor urban neighborhood, Winfrey became a millionaire at age 32 when her talk show went national. Winfrey was in a position to negotiate ownership of the show and start her own production company because of the success and the amount of revenue the show generated. At age 41, Winfrey had a net worth of $340 million and replacedBill Cosby as the only African American on the Forbes 400.^[85] Although black people are just under 13% of the U.S. population,^[86] Winfrey has remained the only African American to rank among America's 400 richest people nearly every year since 1995.^[87] With a 2000 net worth of $800 million, Winfrey is believed to be the richest African American of the 20th century. Due to her status as a historical figure, Professor Juliet E.K. Walker of the University of Illinois created the course "History 298: Oprah Winfrey, the Tycoon."^[88] Winfrey was the highest paid TV entertainer in the United States in 2006, earning an estimated $260 million during the year, five times the sum earned by second-place music executive Simon Cowell.^[89] By 2008, her yearly income had increased to $275 million.^[90]

Forbes' international rich list has listed Winfrey as the world's only black billionaire from 2004 to 2006 and as the first black woman billionaire in world history.^[85] According to Forbes, in September 2010 Winfrey was worth over $2.7 billion^[91] and has overtaken former eBay CEO Meg Whitman as the richest self-made woman in America.^{[92] ^_^}

Mona el-shazly ^_^ My favorite announcer & the best example for Egyptian media

Mona el-Shazly (Arabic: منى الشاذلى‎) is an Egyptian talk show host. She is known for her talk show Al Ashira Masa'an (English: 10 O'Clock) where she talks about news of the day and interviews Egyptian and foreign politicians, scientists, and Islamic elders.
El-Shazly graduated from high school in the United Arab Emirates and then studied political science at the American University in Cairo.

Career

El-Shazly worked in Public Relations at the Arab Contractors Company.

She hosted several programs on the Saudi-owned Arab Radio and Television Network Channel.

She has been at Dream 2 Channel since 2006, hosting Al Ashira Masa'an. Dream TV is a popular independent Egyptian satellite channel. "By her own estimate, she is one of the highest paid hosts on Arabic satellite television," a report said.^[1] Her contract with Dream Channel is estimated between 2 to 3 million Egyptian pounds per year (appx. LE200,000/month).^{[citation needed]} Addressing "government pressure on journalists in Egypt[;] 'They don’t understand that a presenter is not a spokesperson for the government or the regime,' she said. 'I am not a spokesman. But you always have this problem.'"^{[1] ^_^}

Presentation Training

Presentation Training

Not everyone is born with the gift of gab or to stand in front of large crowds to present something. Many of us have slight to moderate stage fright. Sometimes this apprehension is clear to the crowd and sometimes it is not. In addition to obvious signs of distress for being in front of a crowd, some individuals lack the skills necessary to keep their audience interested or involved. Information is information; it is up to the individual to present it in a clear, concise, and interesting manner. However, it is very refreshing to know that there are places to go to obtain presentation training to obtain and/or sharpen these skills. Polishing these presentation skills through presentation training can be valuable to anyone no matter how great or how poor they are at presenting to a group or audience of people. 
 
There are many institutions and organizations that offer presentation training for those who are new to presentations and for those who are considered seasoned veterans. Many of these offerings come in the form of online presentations. Nowadays, a lot of training is done over the internet. And, although one might think that face-to-face seminars and sessions are required for learning how to present, the world of technology through software development has made video conferencing and seminars as easy as clicking a few buttons. Although there are presentation training offerings offline, it has almost become a thing of the past. 
 
One that is seeking presentation training will find a lot of information online by simply searching the words, "presentation training." And, it is easy to sign up for one of these classes and there are tons of them out there. Sometimes these seminars are held in a physical location and sometimes they are done through video conference online; although classes that are signed up for online but held at a physical location are preferred. The cost of these classes varies greatly. The most important thing to consider is how long the organization has been holding these seminars/classes, what others have to say about them, and any other valuable pieces of information that will help you make a choice. 
 
Let's face it - there are many professions and vocations that require skills in the way of presenting information to large groups of individuals. Typically, any middle to executive level management job will require some form of presentations. The size of the audience and topic is dependent upon on the industry. But, one thing remains true no matter what - public speaking ability is a valuable skill that employers look for. And, most people, if already employed may want to be promoted and if they do not have the presentation skills that are necessary to 'present' themselves in an interview, they might not get the job. Furthermore, some positions require these skills for the position. ^_^

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In choosing and displaying news, editors, newsroom staff, and broadcasters play an important part in shaping political reality. Readers learn not only about a given issue, but also how much importance to attach to that issue from the amount of information in a news story and its position. In reflecting what candidates are saying during a campaign, the mass media may well determine the important issues—that is, the media may set the “agenda” of the campaign.