Capacity Building for Journalists
Capacity Building for Journalists Period: January 2010 to June 2010 Supported by: Free Voice The six-month long project, aimed to develop a group of journalists and conduct six-month advance training for female journalists, was completed as scheduled successfully. Under the project activities New Network organised three different ToT programmes (Training of Trainers) in Bogra, Khulna […]
Fellowship Program for Women Journalists
Fellowship Program for Women Journalists Supported by: USAID PROGATI Period: 15 July 2009 – 31 December 2010 The project awarded 40 women journalists for a six-month fellowship on journalism. The fellowship included three-month in-house training and three-month internship in the country’s major national print and electronic media. The fellowship emphasised on improvement of fellows’ capacity […]
Education Programme for Harijan Children
Education Programme for Harijan Children Supported by: Anne Frank- Fonds Project period: July 2008 – 2013 The project was initiated in 2008 under the assistance of Anne Frank-Fonds, a Swiss based donor agency, and completed successfully. News Network started the project with a view to supporting the educational needs of the Harijan Children. Two elementary […]
Programme for Promoting Human Rights of Ethnic Minorities
Programme for Promoting Human Rights of Ethnic Minorities Project Duration: January 2008-June 2009 Supported by: Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) Under this project, News Network published a book titled’ ‘Ethnic Minorities in Bangladesh’. The book is comprised of profiles on different minority communities. The main objective of publishing this book was to highlight the plight […]
Fellowship Programme for capacity building of young journalists
Fellowship Programme for capacity building of young journalists Support by: UNESCO/IPDC Project period: October 2007-April 2008 & October 2008 -October 2009 In two phases News Network implemented five different one-month fellowships in five important divisions and districts headquarters, aiming to capacity development of young journalists. About one hundred and twenty-five (175) journalists, including male and […]
Development Programme for Female Journalists
Development Programme for Female Journalists Project Period: February 2007 to April 2009 Donor: Free Voice The project started in February 2007 was aimed to increase the number of skilled female journalists in Bangladesh. During the project period, a six-month fellowship on journalism was provided to 80 female graduates. And some 20 female journalists, working from […]
Building Teenagers as Good Citizen
Building Teenagers as Good Citizen Supported by: The Royal Danish Embassy Period: December 2006 to February 2010 In two phases News Network implemented the project in 72 secondary schools in 18 districts of the country. More than 12 thousand students aged between 14 and 15 participated in the programme. Objectives of the project were to […]
Youth in Good Governance
Youth in Good Governance Supported by: The World Bank Period: July 2006 to June 2007 “Good Governance in Bangladesh: My thoughts” within collegeNews Network organised a countrywide essay competition on and universities students age in between 20 and 25 years. Hundreds of students participated in the competition. A group of experts, including university teachers, development […]
Development Program for Female Journalists
Development Program for Female Journalists Funded by: The America Center, Dhaka Period: October 2005 – September 2006 One of the main project activities was conducting a four-month skill development programme on journalism for 20 female graduates. The prime aim of the project was to increase the number of female journalists in the country. During the […]
Media Documentation Project
Media Documentation Project Supported by: DANIDA Project Period: September 2003 to December 2005 Under this project News Network planned to develop a web-based documentation centre for media professionals and experts to develop the trainers of News Network, conduct journalists training and fellowship programme for female journalists. Under this programme, two staff writers of News Network […]