Monday, November 17, 2008

ADBI honours Nepali journo

Mallika Aryal, a Nepali journalist has been awarded the Young Development Journalist of the Year award for her story, 'Revisiting a multi-purpose Melamchi'.
"Journalists from India, Indonesia, Nepal, and the Philippines received the top prizes in the 2008 Developing Asia Journalism Awards," according to a press release. The winners were selected from among nearly 240 entries from across ADB's developing member countries.
Twenty-two finalists from 13 developing countries in Asia also attended a four-day workshop in Tokyo that was organised by Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). The programme culminated in the awards ceremony on November 14 at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.
The award recognises excellence in journalistic reporting by those covering development trends and issues in the region. The winners were chosen by a distinguished panel of four independent judges. The Tokyo-based ADBI was established in 1997 to help build capacity and knowledge related to poverty reduction and other areas that support long-term growth in developing economies in the Asia and Pacific region.

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