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Shahidul Alam, one of the journalists collectively considered the Time Person of the Year 2018. Photo Moises Sam/Magnum for Time

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DrikNews wins Manthan Awards

Published by Shahidul Alam on December 2, 2012

Winners of Manthan Awards 2012 Manthan Award is an initiative in India to recognize the best practices in e-Content and Creativity. It was launched on…

RURAL VISUAL JOURNALISM NETWORK LAUNCHED IN BANGLADESH

Published by Shahidul Alam on November 30, 2012

Report by World Press Photo Foundation

RVJN correspondent Rebeka Akter is working in the field to make a multimedia report in Bogra, Bangladesh, June 2012. ? Shafiq Islam/DrikNEWS

On 26 November, Drik launched the?Rural Visual Journalism Network?(RJVN), an initiative of Drik and supported by the?Academy partnership program in Bangladesh. RVJN is designed to address specific issues faced by media and give voice to rural citizens in Bangladesh. RJVN aims to create a network of rural visual journalists who, through their work, will be able to bring multimedia stories from the districts on governance, human rights, and other relation issues to the attention of the world. Over the next five years, a network of 60 professional photographers, NGO workers, and citizen journalists will be trained to produce multimedia (photography, video, text) stories from rural districts.

World Press Photo partners with Drik and Pathshala to train rural journalists

Published by Shahidul Alam on October 12, 2012

Drik, based in Dhaka, aims to challenge social inequality and bring positive change through multimedia communication. The partnership between World Press Photo and Drik focuses…

Tales from rural Bangladesh

Published by Shahidul Alam on June 23, 2012

Bhuter beel (wetland) is situated at Terkhada upazilla in Khulna district. Only five years ago, it was a vast land for cultivation of different types…

World Press Photo arrives in Dhaka

Published by Shahidul Alam on April 25, 2012

Screen Shot 2012-04-25 at 01.37.38 — Fatima al-Qaws cradles her son Zayed (18), who is suffering from the effects of tear gas after participating in a street demonstration, in Sanaa, Yemen, on 15 October. World Press Photo of the Year and People in the News, 1st prize singles, Samuel Aranda/NOOR for The New York Times

Drik in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Dhaka, have pleasure in inviting you to the opening of the World Press Photo 12 exhibition at Drik Gallery, on Thursday, 26 April 2012, 5.30 pm. After the launch in Amsterdam on the 20th April 2012, this is the first public viewing of the exhibition, which will also be launched in Poland, Spain, Portugal and Italy in April 2012.

Screen Shot 2012-04-25 at 01.33.29 — A leopard attacks a forest warden after escaping from the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, in West Bengal, India.. 2012, Spot News, Honorable Mention singles. Salil Bera. The Week/Majority World

The exhibition honours the prizewinners of World Press Photo?s 55th Photo Contest.

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