CNN Arabic consider what’s important to young generation

By Sara Abdulla

CNN for fact is turning to more social problems and thinking ahead to write more about lifestyle, fashion, celebrates heroes and sports, rather than just politics stories. For example, the story about the Egyptians who sell Falafel on the streets and doing interview with them rather than a billionaires and ask them if they can buy food for their families Caroline said. Caroline showed the Zayed University students around when they recently visited the CNN Arabic place and informed the student of what exactly they do.

CNN Arabia is now depending on social media and on what young generation posting on Twitter, FaceBook and YouTube and it is part of dealing with new era, where people start to look for news on website. Also where anyone can be a reporter but the CNN job to be accurate in the stories they post and most be confirmed. She also said, the CNN Arabic job is to gather information not only post them and do voice over and re-edit the story not translate them because that might confuse the audience and take what most important to Arab audience. Also they bring guest to interview them or go out and interview them.

One student ask, why there stories only about the Middle East? She answered people may not be interested in what happen in other countries but CNN Arabic take only stories that my change something in a region, for example, Obama making a military decision in something, so the CNN only take what is might be linked to Arab world.