The International Center for Journalists broke new ground in Azerbaijan Friday night with transmission of a pre-election forum over the Internet. The event, entitled “Democracy in Azerbaijan: Goals and Challenges,” drew more than 100 people to the Park Inn in the capital, Baku, and attracted online viewers across the globe, from Azerbaijan to North America.

Anar Orujov, deputy director of the ICFJ investigative journalism program in Baku, served as de facto technical manager of the event. He said transmission of the forum occurred with few problems.

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El Centro Internacional para Periodistas (ICFJ por sus siglas en inglés), llevó a cabo recientemente el 2do. Programa McGraw-Hill sobre Cobertura de Finanzas Personales de Hispanos, dirigido a periodistas que laboran en medios de comunicación en español en la ciudad de Nueva York.