Rotary awards six journos

Kathmandu, June 17: Six journalists were awarded with the Rotary Journo Award 2016.

Hari Sharan Lamichhane of Radio Nepal was awarded in the mainstream category and Radhika Dhakal of Karobar Daily was awarded in economic and community development category.

Likewise, Sudarshan Sigdel of Aajako Shiksha Weekly was awarded in education, Shailaza Singh of Image Channel in health, Pramod Kumar Tandon of The Himalayan Times in environment and Shreejana Aryal in women and development category.

They were awarded with a purse of Rs. 25,000 and copper plaque each at a programme Friday.

“Rotary Journo Award recognizes best performing journalists of Nepal in six focus areas of Rotary, which incidentally is similar to five journalist groups of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) – education, health, environment, women development and economic and community development,” said Maheshwor Bhakta Shrestha, Rotary District PR Committee chair.

Rotary International District 3292 (Nepal-Bhutan) had established the award in 2012 in cooperation of the FNJ and Society of Economic Journalist of Nepal (SEJON) and other associations in the field of journalism.

“Rotary has initiated the award to recognize and encourage individual journalists and institutions who have communicated encouraging and exemplary news to help generate positive thoughts in the society,” read a press statement issued by the RI District 3292.

Rotary District governor Keshav Kunwar said that through the award system, Rotary was playing its small role to promote quality journalism in the country.