{"id":9123,"date":"2017-01-07T11:04:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T07:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arab.org\/directory\/9123\/?post_type=wpbdp_listing&#038;p=9123"},"modified":"2017-01-07T11:08:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T07:08:49","slug":"may-chidiac-foundation","status":"publish","type":"wpbdp_listing","link":"https:\/\/arab.org\/directory\/may-chidiac-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"May Chidiac Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cKeep on Telling the Truth\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The May Chidiac Foundation Media Institute (MCF MI) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization mainly dedicated to research and education on issues of Media, Press, Democracy, and Social Welfare. We at the MCF believe that by supporting the development of knowledge production industries we can greatly contribute to make Lebanon a pro-active player in the global economy thus providing our country with the needed immunity to face wild globalization, in addition to enhancing freedom of speech and democracy. Our Foundation\u2019s contribution is articulated around 4 major actions: 1- Establishing the MCF Media Institute 2- Establishing the MCF Media Awards 3- Organizing workshops, seminars, and conferences related to best practices and freedom of the press 4- Conducting surveys and market studies related to Media<\/p>\n<p>On the fourth anniversary of the attempted assassination of Dr. May Chidiac, the two non-profit organizations, the May Chidiac Foundation and its affiliated Media Institute, were launched. MCF is dedicated to training, research, and education on issues of media, democracy, and social welfare. The media institute aims to bridge the gap between academia and the media industry, providing students and professionals with state of the art technical facilities and training programs in order to improve their competencies and competitiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cKeep on Telling the Truth\u201d The May Chidiac Foundation Media Institute (MCF MI) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization mainly dedicated to research and education on issues of Media, Press, Democracy,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"wpbdp_category":[422],"wpbdp_tag":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpbdp_listing\/9123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpbdp_listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wpbdp_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wpbdp_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpbdp_category?post=9123"},{"taxonomy":"wpbdp_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpbdp_tag?post=9123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}