The Daily Star: Bangladesh: Friday, December 01, 2017.
On November
8, 2017, during a lovely afternoon, a room in Press Institute of Bangladesh was
filled with young dreamers who have been serving their communities with information
and guidance through community radio shows.
The RTI Award
2017, jointly organised by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
and Press Institute of Bangladesh, was held to recognise some the best
community radios based on their contribution in promoting Right to Information
Act-2009 and its implementation at the community level. The programme was supported by the Friedrich
Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Bangladesh.
The event
kicked off with a seminar on promoting Right to Information through community
radio where AHM Bazlur Rahman, CEO, BNNRC, spoke about the purpose of the
programme and why community radio is needed. The event also included Chief
Guest Professor Dr Golam Rahman, Chief Information Commissioner, and special
guests Dr Najmul Hossain, Country Representative, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
for Freedom and Shah Alamgir, Director General, Press Institute of Bangladesh.
The event
awarded six community radios in two categories. The first, second and third
prizes in the category of "Radio Magazine" went to Naznin Naher,
Programme Producer of Community Radio Borendra; Shahana Parveen, Station
Manager, Community Radio Padma; and Boshir Ahmed, Station-In-Charge, Community
Radio Chilmari, respectively.
Farhad
Hossen, News Producer, Community Radio Sarabela; Abida Sultana, Programme
Producer, Community Radio Lokobetar; and Noyon Ali, Assistant Producer
(Programme & News) bagged the first, second and third prizes respectively
in the category of "Investigative Radio Reporting".
The Grand
Jury included Dr S M Morshed, Media and Communication Specialist, and other
prominent members of Media and Journalism.
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