INJA Investigative Journalism Award goes to journalist duo Dahal and Wagle
The International Network of Nepali Journalists (INJA) has decided to present the Investigative Journalism Award to journalist duo Matrika Dahal and Tara Wagle this year.
CHITWAN, August 22: A meeting of the district branch of Press Chautari Nepal has decided to set up a journalist welfare fund and provide award every year.
Two working journalists of the district will be honoured with the 'Risk Journalism Award'. A recent meeting of the branch also decided to present the 'Press Chautari Educational Talent Award' to two students pursuing journalism every year.
District President Subash Pandit shared that the award would be given to the students who pass with the highest grades in journalism in higher secondary and graduate level. The meeting passed the Welfare Fund Procedure-2078 BS with suggestions.
He said that the contribution from donors and money collected through various activities will be increased by keeping it in the fund. The meeting has passed the Sarada-Tilchandra Bhattarai Journalism Award Working Procedure-2078 BS established by poultry expert Dr Tilchandra Bhattarai and Prof Dr Sarada Thapaliya.
KATHMANDU, August 13: The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Associate Province Committee has decided to honour six journalists with ‘Active Journalism Encouragement Prize in Crisis’.
Associate Province Committee’s general secretary Royal Acharya said in a statement on Thursday that the prizes are announced for the journalists active in economic, photo, film, sports, politics and cartoon journalism.
Rina Moktan would be prized with film journalism prize, Menuka Karki with economic journalism prize and Jit Bahadur Saud with Sports Journalism Prize.
Likewise, Govinda Marasini with Political Journalism Prize, Birochan Malla Thakuri with Cartoon Journalism and Chandra Bahadur Ale is named for Photo Journalism Prize.
The journalists were selected for the prize for their untiring efforts in journalism in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Each journalist will be prized with a purse of Rs 10,000, the FNJ Associate Province Committee said.
Acharya said that the prize would help encourage the journalists to continuously work in this field.
The Nepal Sports Journalist Forum on Tuesday felicitated senior sports journalist and former Editor of The Rising Nepal Ajay Rana with the NSJF Sports Journalism Award.
