DW Akademie’s mentorship programme for women journalists kicks off

DW Akademie, the media development wing of Germany's public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), has launched a programme in Bangladesh to train and equip women journalists and journalism students with digital and journalistic skills.

The induction workshop was held at a hotel in the capital's Gulshan from December 27 to 29, with nine journalists and 10 journalism students in attendance, according to a press release.

A total of 20 participants were chosen through a rigorous selection process earlier this month.

Rozina Islam, the 2021 Free Press Unlimited Most Resilient Journalist Award winner and special correspondent of leading daily Prothom Alo, is set to mentor the group.

They would receive training on various technical and digital aspects of journalism over the next three months, and produce high-quality journalistic work in 10 journalist/student pairs.

Mainul Islam Khan conducted the training along with Rozina Islam.

About the workshop, Priya Esselborn, program director, Bangladesh at DW Akademie, said, "For DW Akademie, empowering women worldwide is what drives social development. We are very happy to come up with this special fellowship that will support 20 aspiring women to gain digital skills and widen their network to get more competitive in the media."