Doha: Qatar News Agency launched Sunday a social media monitoring and analysis training course, intended for elevating national media cadres' specialized journalistic efficiency. Held at the QNA headquarters in downtown Doha, the program brings together 20 affiliates of state agencies. According to Qatar News Agency, the five-day course boosts the trainees' social media monitoring and analysis skills through topics including the concept and importance of social media and the importance, scope, and mechanisms of monitoring and analysis. The course outline also includes the basic monitoring skills, journalistic editing, awareness of the orientation of press institutions, fact-checking fake news and sources, and linguistic skills. By the end of the training, the trainees will implement graduation projects that measure their understanding.