2007
Batch of the Salma Sobhan Fellowship for Women in Journalism Commences
The commencement of training for the 2007
batch of the Salma Sobhan Fellowship for Women in Journalism was
marked by an inauguration ceremony at the BRAC Centre for Development
Management (BCDM) at Savar on Wednesday. At the event the 60 trainee
fellows of the 2007 batch, all representing different districts
of the country, were joined by a number of resource persons involved
in the training, which included leading intellectuals and media
personalities. The meeting was addressed by Keynote Speaker Ms.
Tasmima Hossain, Editor, Ananya Magazine, noted author Mr. Imdadul
Haque Milon. Mr Shah Alamgir, Chief News Editor, Channel I, spoke
on behalf of Channel I. The speakers were book-ended with addresses
by Ms. Mariom Shelly, Salma Sobhan Fellow 2006 and chair of the
event Mr. Faruq A. Choudhury, Adviser, BRAC.
Conceived by BRAC and Pratichi Trust, the
Salma Sobhan Fellowship for Women in Journalism is intended to
addresses the imbalance in the number of female journalists in
the country by training aspiring women journalists at the district
level in the fundamentals of journalism and development issues.
The programme runs yearly with funding from BRAC and Pratichi
trust and technical expertise from a media partner. During the
first year, 32 women from the district level were trained in print
journalism with technical partner Prothom Alo, many of these journalists
are now working in media outlets throughout the country. Once
the 60 women currently under training with technical partner Channel
I complete their fellowship requirements and join the 32 fellows
from the first batch, the Salma Sobhan Fellowship will have almost
reached the half-way mark of achieving its target of training
200 women journalists in 3 years with 92 representing both print
and electronic media.
The Salma Sobhan Fellowship training includes
sensitisation on development issues conducted by BRAC, with resource
persons from both BRAC as well as leading academic institutions
around the country such as Dhaka University. Following the development
aspect of the training period, the technical partner will conduct
training on journalism fundamentals, for both print and electronic
media. Following these 2 week training periods are attachment
periods several months long where the trainee fellows send in
reports while based in their respective districts. The successful
completion of 2 training periods, 2 attachment periods and a refresher
session are required to obtain the fellowship. The current batch
of Salma Sobhan Fellows is scheduled to complete their training
in March 2007.
For further queries, please contact:
Kazi Arif Anwar
Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
BRAC
Ph# 01713-042775
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