Kathmandu, July 24: Himalayan
Bank Limited (HBL) and Society of Economic Journalists of Nepal (SEJON) Sunday
signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish media fellowship for economic
journalists.
HBL chief executive
officer Ashok SJB Rana and SEJON president Gokarna Awasthi signed the MoU
amidst a programme.
The fellowship, named
as HBL-SEJON media fellowship, will be given to journalists each from four
media sectors – print, television, radio and online – to write investigative
news stories.
The fellowship will be
awarded annually and will carry a purse of Rs. 50,000 for each sector.
"HBL will provide
Rs. 200,000 for fellowship and Rs. 30,000 to manage the operation costs,"
informed a press release issued by SEJON.
To operate the
fellowship, a jury will be formed in the coordination of SEJON president, and
it will have representative each from SEJON and HBL.
SEJON will call
applications from journalists and the jury will award the fellowships to the
best proposal of the news story.
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