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MDJA felicitates senior journalists

Seen in the picture are (sitting from left) Endowment awardees Yathiraj, Hullahalli Srinivas, Alfred Solomon, Shilpa and Girish R. Doddamani with (standing from left) MDJA General Secretary K.J. Lokesh Babu, President K. Deepak, Media Advisor to CM Dinesh Aminmattu, SVYM Founder Dr. R. Balasubramaniam, Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy, Kannada Prabha Assistant Editor Amshi Prasanna Kumar, senior journalist K.V. Srinivasan and MDJA Vice-President S.T. Ravikumar.
Seen in the picture are (sitting from left) Endowment awardees Yathiraj, Hullahalli Srinivas, Alfred Solomon, Shilpa and Girish R. Doddamani with (standing from left) MDJA General Secretary K.J. Lokesh Babu, President K. Deepak, Media Advisor to CM Dinesh Aminmattu, SVYM Founder Dr. R. Balasubramaniam, Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy, Kannada Prabha Assistant Editor Amshi Prasanna Kumar, senior journalist K.V. Srinivasan and MDJA Vice-President S.T. Ravikumar.

Mysuru :

The Mysore District Journalists’ Association (MDJA) had organised a function at its office here this morning to felicitate senior journalists and to present Endowment awards instituted by senior journalist K.V. Srinivasan.

Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy, who has been selected for Mohare Hanumantha Rao Award and Kannada Prabha Assistant Editor Amshi Prasanna Kumar, who is selected for Journalism Development Award, to be given by the State Government, were felicitated by Media Advisor to the Chief Minister Dinesh Aminmattu and Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) founder Dr. R. Balasubramaniam respectively.

On the occasion, Endowment awards were presented to journalists Shilpa (K.V. Srinivasan Journalism Award), Alfred Solomon (Mahatma Gandhi Award), Hullahalli Srinivas (Janakamma Venkatappa Gowda Award), Yathiraj (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award) and Girish R. Doddamani (Jayaprakash Narayan Youth Award).

Senior journalist K.V. Srinivasan and Karnataka Union of Working Journalists State Committee member M. Subramanyam were also felicitated.

Speaking as a chief guest, Media Advisor to the Chief Minister Dinesh Aminmattu said that journalism should retain its credibility with scribes presenting unbiased news.

Citing an example, he said that a few newspapers highlight trivial issues of celebrities leaving behind burning issues in the society and added that technology had eased the work of a journalist today who otherwise had to slog with poor technology during earlier times.

Addressing the gathering, Vivekananda Youth Movement Founder Dr. Balasubramaniam said that awards to achievers should be viewed as achievements in recognition to their services in their concerned field and added that media should strive to guide the society.

He further said that the development of a nation should not necessarily be gauged through economic growth alone, but should also be gauged through social and agricultural growth.

Dr. Balasubramaniam regretted that most of the sectors were polluted.

Speaking after being felicitated, K.B. Ganapathy said that journalists should be conversant with all subjects and advised them to be cautious in usage of language while reporting. MDJA President K. Deepak, Vice President S.T. Ravikumar, General Secretary K.J. Lokesh Babu and other office bearers were present.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Monday ,March 09th, 2015

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