Newspapers' capacity building programme on business news concludes at Bogra
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
A week-long capacity building programme at two local newspapers in Bogra -- the daily Korotoa and the daily Aaj O Agamikal -- concluded Sunday aiming to increase the quantity and quality of business issues.
This is the first-ever programme of this kind in Bangladesh under which the journalists and other staff of the two dailies were given in-house on-job training on better coverage of business issues with special focus on SME (small and medium enterprise), said a press release.
A business editor, a senior deskman and a graphics editor from Dhaka-based media houses worked as trainers in the programme.
Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) organised the training programme under its project titled "Supporting Local Media Houses at Bogra to Develop Print Offers for SMEs" supported by KATALYST.
As a facilitator, MRDI provided strategic support for all required activities in the two selected newspapers to build their capacity in a sustainable manner, run separate business section in those newspapers and prove the potential profitability of such initiative to them. Necessary support was provided to organise training, workshops and events on the related issues for the journalists and staff of the two dailies.
With the support of MRDI, the two Bogra newspapers have agreed to launch separate business sections, allocating required space for business news twice or thrice a week.
The coverage of business issues in the two newspapers was monitored and their progress towards building an improved and enhanced business section was assessed during the intervention period. The weaknesses and strengths of the coverage were scrutinised for undertaking necessary actions to help overcome their shortcomings.
This is the first-ever programme of this kind in Bangladesh under which the journalists and other staff of the two dailies were given in-house on-job training on better coverage of business issues with special focus on SME (small and medium enterprise), said a press release.
A business editor, a senior deskman and a graphics editor from Dhaka-based media houses worked as trainers in the programme.
Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) organised the training programme under its project titled "Supporting Local Media Houses at Bogra to Develop Print Offers for SMEs" supported by KATALYST.
As a facilitator, MRDI provided strategic support for all required activities in the two selected newspapers to build their capacity in a sustainable manner, run separate business section in those newspapers and prove the potential profitability of such initiative to them. Necessary support was provided to organise training, workshops and events on the related issues for the journalists and staff of the two dailies.
With the support of MRDI, the two Bogra newspapers have agreed to launch separate business sections, allocating required space for business news twice or thrice a week.
The coverage of business issues in the two newspapers was monitored and their progress towards building an improved and enhanced business section was assessed during the intervention period. The weaknesses and strengths of the coverage were scrutinised for undertaking necessary actions to help overcome their shortcomings.