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As part of the cooperation between the Center and the University of Journalism and Mass Communications of Uzbekistan, another series of practical training sessions was held for second-year students specializing in travel journalism.

During the session, Honored art worker of Uzbekistan, Professor Tursunali Kuziev provided students with practical insights into the essence of guide journalism, how it differs from traditional tour guiding, and the importance of a journalistic approach in communicating historical and cultural heritage to audiences.

According to the professor, a guide-journalist is not merely someone who provides information or conducts tours. A guide-journalist should study the site in depth, understand its history and scholarly significance, and be able to convey this knowledge meaningfully to the audience in their own words.

«A guide-journalist is not an excursion guide or an ordinary tour guide. They research and study the site, know its history, and explain it in their own words. The specialists who will widely promote our historical and cultural treasures will be precisely such guide-journalists», said Tursunali Kuziev.

In his view, guide journalism, as a new practical field within journalism, can take shape specifically in the scholarly and educational environment of the Islamic Civilization Center and establish its own place in the future.

Shahnoza Taylakova, Dean of the Faculty of Journalism at the University of Journalism and Mass Communications of Uzbekistan, also took part in the sessions and highlighted the opportunities that cooperation between the Center and the university is creating for students.

«The Islamic Civilization Center is a highly important institution for our people, our nation, and our country. This place speaks to us about our history and helps us understand who we are. I am proud that our students are receiving their education in such an environment», said Shahnoza Taylakova.

According to the dean, within the framework of cooperation between the Center and the university, alongside training specialists in guide journalism, conducting academic research, and developing educational literature, it is also envisioned that these specialists will go on to widely promote Islamic civilization, Islamic culture, and Uzbekistan’s rich cultural heritage across the global media landscape.

The establishment of a branch of the UNESCO and specialized Media Department of the University of Journalism and Mass Communications of Uzbekistan at the Center also demonstrates that this cooperation is evolving beyond education into a new platform that brings together academic research and the media sphere.

Here, students are reinforcing the theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom by working directly with historical sources, scholarly information, and museum exhibitions. In other words, the Center is not merely a place where lessons are held; for them, it is a dynamic scholarly environment where they develop the skills to study, conduct research, analyze, and communicate their knowledge to an audience.

In the context of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s initiatives aimed at encouraging young people to study the nation’s history and rich spiritual heritage in depth while acquiring modern knowledge and skills, the importance of such educational and practical platforms becomes even greater. After all, passing historical heritage on to future generations requires not only understanding it, but also presenting it to the world through modern language and methods.

In this sense, the Islamic Civilization Center serves as an important scholarly and educational environment where young people not only study the past, but also develop the skills needed to communicate its meaning and significance to a wider audience through the language of modern media.

Indeed, alongside preserving historical and cultural heritage, one of today’s important tasks is to train a new generation of specialists who are capable of presenting and explaining this heritage to the world through contemporary media.