STORY: World Media Summit deepens cooperation within industry: media practitioners
SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 14, 2024
DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:12
LOCATION: URUMQI, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the World Media Summit
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHAMSUN NAHAR KHAN, Executive Editor, United News of Bangladesh
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JONATHAN WELLS, President of Sipa USA
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CATHERINE GULUA, Founder & Director, Media Center MTAVARI, Georgia
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): VIASEN SOOBRAMONEY, Chairman of the Editorial Board, Independent Media, South Africa
6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): KHALED MOUSSA, Managing Editor & Business Development Director, Muscat Media Group, Oman
7. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): HE LI, Senior Director, The Associated Press
                           
STORYLINE:

With the 6th edition of the World Media Summit (WMS) now underway in northwest China's Xinjiang, media leaders from around the globe have recognized the event as an important platform for enhanced collaboration in the global media sector.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHAMSUN NAHAR KHAN, Executive Editor, United News of Bangladesh           
"The fact that you have so many participants and visionary global leaders from around the world resonates with me strongly because I think that this is a great platform that the World Media Summit has created for all of us to get together to really drive discussions, have dialogues, and share insights."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JONATHAN WELLS, President of Sipa USA
"Cooperation is good. We're also competitive businesses, so each business has its own interest, but in the end (we're) sharing ideas and maybe we're going to agree on some rules, some guidelines for using AI, generative AI in media."

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): VIASEN SOOBRAMONEY, Chairman of the Editorial Board, Independent Media, South Africa
"(The summit offers) the opportunities to collaborate with other media organizations, for us to look at how we can work together more effectively, particularly (for) Global South countries, (and) particularly (for) those of us that need to shape our own narratives. We look forward to working together with all of our fellow Global South nations."

SOUNDBITE 4 (English): CATHERINE GULUA, Founder & Director, Media Centre MTAVARI, Georgia
"This media summit is very useful, very important for us. I think that we all need development, new technologies, high technologies. If you cannot cooperate, if you can't exchange information, we can do nothing."

SOUNDBITE 5 (English): KHALED MOUSSA, Managing Editor & Business Development Director, Muscat Media Group, Oman
"It's a good opportunity for people from media from all over the world to meet together, and they discuss together. And it's a big opportunity for all of us to cooperate."

SOUNDBITE 6 (English): HE LI, Senior Director, The Associated Press
"I made a lot of friends through this World Media Summit event and also I got a lot of new information (on) the whole industry. It also builds up a good platform for us to get engaged with the latest technology (that's) experimental in the industry, as well (as) discuss the industry with friends across the world."
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Urumqi, China
(XHTV)