BBC NewsMaker events were held in Ghana and Jordan earlier this year to give budding young journalists a chance to tell us what news stories they wanted to cover.

Lina and Sarah from Jordan

Debates in both countries were used to launch a competition. A panel of judges picked four winners - and the BBC gave each of them a laptop computer, and sent one of our producers out to help them turn their ideas into a reality.

The reports from Ghana were broadcast on the BBC World Service earlier this year, and now it's the turn of Jordan.

The BBC's special correspondent and presenter Lyse Doucet teamed up with popular Jordanian TV presenter, singer and actress Rania Kurdi to launch the competition in Amman in March.

Lyse and Rania joined with media experts and Jordanian bloggers to discuss the influence of the internet on the media scene in the country.

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Barbara and Emmanuel from Ghana

The competition in Ghana was launched the same month by the BBC presenter Komla Dumor, with a special debate programme at the British Council in Accra. Nearly three hundred young people took part in a passionate debate linked to celebrations of Ghana's 50th anniversary of independence from Britain.

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