Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Communication Faculty, New Media and Journalism Department student Hasan Doğan has won first prize in the TRT Communication Professionals of the Future competition.
Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Communication Faculty, New Media and Journalism Department student Hasan Doğan won first prize in the TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation) “Communication Professionals of the Future Competition”. Doğan was accompanied by New Media and Journalism Department academic staff member Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hanife Aliefendioğlu to the award ceremony in Ankara.
The award ceremony of the competition that aimed to contribute to the training of quality media professionals took place at the Bahçelievler TRT Arı Studio. The competition took place amongst University Level Communication Faculty undergraduate students.
A large number of students competed
351 students with 211 pieces of work from 35 universities participated in the competition comprising of the main categories “Radio Broadcasting”, Television Broadcasting”, “Audiovisual News Broadcasting” and “New Media Broadcasting”. The competition was aimed towards not only Turkish students but students from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), the Balkans and the Middle East. Hasan Doğan from the Eastern Mediterranean University won first prize in the field of “Social Media Project”.
Hasan Doğan entered the 3rd annual TRT “Communication Professionals of the Future Competition” with the social media project www.dedebiyat.xyz, aiming to create awareness about social media clickbait. The website contains citations from books that can be considered useful for the public regarding news items from large newspapers and websites that use clickbait to attract views.
Commenting on receiving his award during a live broadcast Hasan Doğan stated: “ I would like to thank my project advisor at EMU, Research Assistant Sertaç Özdemir and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hanife Aliefendioğlu who accompanied me to Ankara.” The ceremony later came to end after participants were invited on stage and a group photo was taken.