Communication Ministry organises orientation for journalists

Kathmandu, March 2 : The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has organised a day-long capacity enhancement training for journalists.    

Inaugurating the training coordinated by the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Ministry Officiating Secretary Gajendra Kumar Thakur expressed his hope that this sort of orientation programme for journalists would help hone the skills for professional journalism, informing them about latest journalistic practices and trends.    
The event has been attended by around 40 journalists from diverse state-owned media.    

As he said, capacity enhancement of media and journalists is the priority of the Ministry and the event aimed to find a future course of action and pursue policies for the continuity of the Ministry's efforts towards that end.    

He also acknowledged the support of the RSS in organising the event.    

Also speaking on the occasion, RSS Executive Chairman Dharmendra Jha said lately investigative reporting and professional journalism have been missed in Nepali media, and that's why the orientation has been organised to sensitize journalists about the significance and relevance of investigate journalism. It is for encouraging media to also prioritise investigative genre over the formal events, according to him.    

He added that training, orientation like programmes are a means of updating the participants on something new contents and developments. He also echoed the need of giving continuity to such event.    

RSS General Manager Siddharaj Rai was of the opinion that training will guide the participants to adopt new practices and innovations in the news room.    
Ministry Under-Secretary Mamata Bastola expressed hope to get feedback from the event regarding the modality of Ministry's annual programmmes targeted at journalists.   

 
Ministry Officiating Secretary Thakur and founding Chair of the Investigative Journalism Centre senior journalist Rajendra Dahal are facilitators in the training which has been attended by participants from the RSS, Gorkhapatra Corporation and Radio Nepal and Nepal Television (Public Service Broadcasting Nepal) and the representatives from Press Council among others. (RSS)