TheReport.Live journos chosen for prestigious EMK Center-funded fellowship

Two journalists of online multimedia news portal TheReport.Live have been chosen for a three month-long fellowship.

The Chief Reporter of the media outlet Golam Rabbani and Multimedia Reporter Symun Mubin Pollob were named among the 40 young journalists.

The initiative is arranged by BuildingAssets Journalism School, an organization of Bangladeshi Journalists in International Media (BJIM). The Edward M. Kennedy (EMK) Center is providing funding for the fellowship.

Lutfor Rahman Himel, Editor of TheReport.Live congratulated both Pollob and Rabbani through a statement. 

There will be 7 modules covered in the training, including investigative journalism and mobile journalism. The workshop will be conducted by the Bangladeshi journalists who work with international media.

Under this fellowship, the selected candidates will be trained on 7 modules including mobile journalism, investigative Journalism in three months. Bangladeshi journalists working in international media outlets will be resource persons in the sessions.

BuildingAssets Journalism School published the list of selected candidates on Wednesday while invited applications on March 10. BuildingAssets Journalism School organizes various training workshops to enhance the skills of journalists in Bangladesh.

Founded in 2012, Edward M. Kennedy (EMK) Center is a non-partisan platform dedicated to open conversation, informed action, individual and artistic expression, and personal and professional growth. The JAAGO Foundation has been associated with the EMK Center as its managing partner and the American Center of the Embassy of the United States of America in Bangladesh, according to the website of EMK Center.

List of Selected Candidates:

Md. Shahabir Mia, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Abdullah Al Zubair, Jhumur Saha, Marzia Hasmi Momo, Nasimul Ahmed Shubo, Saimun Mubin Pallab, Moniruzzaman Monir, Md. Sabuj Mahmud, Gholam Rabbani, Farzia Sabrin, Rafia Khanam Chowdhury, Fauzia Sultana, Sarifa Sultana, Ifat Jahan, Farhana Haque, Md. Hedayet Ullah, Md. Arshad Ali, Md. Zahidul Islam, Md. Miraj Hossain, Sheikh Shah Rukh Farhan, Md. Minhajul Abedin Riaz Chowdhury, MM Hasmi Sarkar, Naeem Shan, Md. Tanzil Ahmed, Md. Usman Gani, Md. Tajnoor Islam, Taslimul Alam Tauhid, Shoaib Abdullah, Mahfuzur Rahman Manik, Stefan Rosario Uttam, Noor Mohammad, Amit Banik, Nazmus Saqib, Md. Asaduz Zaman, Hasan Al Manzur, Md. Mariful Hasan, Ashirbad Biswas, Yasir Arafat.