PROJECTS: Children's news agency changing the face of Bangladeshi media

Children?s news agency changing the face of Bangladeshi media

By Dipankar Shekhar Dipu

DHAKA, Bangladesh, 2 February 2006 ? It looked like any other press conference in the capital, but there was one big difference: on this particular day it was Bangladesh?s top newspaper editors on the receiving end of pointed questions ? from children.

It was an entertaining sight; senior editors squirming in their chairs as a volley of questions were thrown at them by young journalists. The junior ?journos? from Shishu Prakash ? or Children's Express ? enthralled the packed audience at the National Press Club with their hard-line approach:

?Why can't you give more space to children's news??
?Why are children being portrayed negatively??
?Why don't you give us a page daily??

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bangladesh_31312.html

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

 

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