Media 2020 Conference Participants

Publicat de Cosmin Meca, 1 iulie 2015, 13:40 / actualizat: 30 ianuarie 2021, 11:29

Abdulrahman Alhazzaa, President of the Saudi Broadcasting Corporation, Saudi Arabia, took part today in the discussion of the sixth session of the Media 2020 Conference, debating the Citizen Journalism and Social Media, as well as talking about  Convincing Seasoned Broadcasters to value Social Media.

Abdulrahman Alhazzaa was appointed the first President of Saudi Broadcasting Corporation in 2013 by royal decree. In 2014 Alhazzaa completed 40 years in the media industry.

Alhazzaa began his career as a news editor in 1975, in Saudi Arabia, and then moved on to work in radio, TV, the press and the ministries in various roles, acquainting himself with every part of the business all the way from content, engineering, operations and more importantly, the management side of the business.

He was associated with Saudi Press Agency and was General Director of TV news for 15 years. He was in the thick of the newsgathering process at one point, when he covered the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and other major events in the region.