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EDUCATIONAL TRIP TO

KUWAIT TIMES PRESS

The students of class 10, had gone for a
comprehensive educational trip to KUWAIT We were given the opportunity to climb on the
TIMES PRESS on 7 and 8th May 2025. It was a stairs and stand near their machines to take a
th
stimulating experience enriching our group photograph. We proceeded to a conference
understanding of the journalism and media room where they showed us the Kuwait Times
production. The KUWAIT TIMES PRESS building news on a big screen and produced ideas of
comprised of many visually pleasing suites which publicizing their news in a creative manner.
were filled with the historical significance of the Afterwards, they took us to the ware house where
press. We also had many friendly tour guides who we were allowed us to have fun, click photos and
explained and accompanied us throughout. They offered juice. To make the trip more merry , they
introduced themselves to us and were rather played a game similar to hide and seek where we
amiable & easy to get along with. Starting with had to find one of the tour guides , of course with
the ‘photo studio’ where they had an astounding some rules to be followed , who had hidden
set up for shooting their content. We were somewhere in the building with a timer of 10
bestowed with the opportunity to have our mins . The atmosphere there was charged with
photos taken in it. They shared with us their high energy. At the end of the day, it was time to
expertise of content creation and how things bid farewell to this captivating place and its
worked. Next, we were accompanied to a big people. We really treasure and acknowledge them
meeting hall, where they supposedly had for making the news more fascinating. Their
discussions on various topics. They taught us how endeavors and hard work has been recognized
the content of news was prepared and from and made aware to us and we truly salute them.
where it was procured. We had a very engaging We are fortunate to visit such a remarkable site
interaction with the guides on the working of the and have an incredible experience of exploring
press .We were told that they mainly focus on the world of media production, its historical facts
local news , share people’s stories and and its friendly journalists, reporters &
experiences and had to follow certain regulations photographers.
while creating the news. They told us that they
were giving their maximum efforts to make the
news more visually-appealing for the present &
upcoming generations to which we thanked them
and gave a round of applause for their efforts.
Later on, we were taken to a suite where a
collection of archives was present comprising of
thick, long books containing the news of Kuwait
from September 1961 to the present day. The first
English newspaper of Kuwait Times was printed
in Sept. 1961 and we were given copies of those as
souvenirs. To make the experience more joyful,
they showed us what incidents had taken place
on our birthdays which was very exciting to
know. Following this, we were guided to the huge
machinery of the printing press which was the
main center of attention for us. The manager of
the press had greeted us and described to us the
significance of the machines, its evolution and
how it was operated which increased our
curiosity.

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