CYBERJAYA: The Malaysian media industry must urgently prioritise advanced training in emerging technologies to remain competitive and credible amid rapid digital transformation.
Malaysian Press Institute (MPI) Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ainol Amriz Ismail, stressed that continuous professional development is no longer optional but essential as the industry undergoes sweeping structural changes.
Welcoming the launch of the Communications Ministry’s Media Innovation Fund, Ainol described it as a strategic mechanism to accelerate industry transformation.
“The fund could finance programmes in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) for news research, data journalism, audience analytics, digital verification, and multimedia storytelling,” he said in a statement today.
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