UNICEF honoured 36 media professionals for their contribution in championing child rights with the 10th Meena Media Award 2014 yesterday at capital’s Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel.
The nominees were selected by a panel of judges under “creative” and “journalistic” categories divided into two age groups – under 18 and above 18.
This year around 500 entries came in from both print and broadcast media for the award.
Under creative category, Jannatul Nayeem and Mim Nowshin Nawal Khan won the first prize in the under 18 category while Ahmed Riaz came out first in the above 18 category.
Under the journalistic category, Jahid Islam and Jahidur Rahman won the first prize. The first, second, and third prize winners in each category received Tk50,000, Tk25,000 and Tk15,000 respectively.