In addition to providing the public with important information about Covid-19, Bangladesh Human Rights Journalists Forum (BMSF) held an online training course on Covid-19 for Sylhet journalists to give people a better idea of how to deal with the epidemic and how to ensure their own safety and security on Saturday. 25 journalists participated in the day-long online training.
This online training course was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under Breakthrough action.
The overall course is being coordinated by Associate Professor Dr. Md. Khalequzzaman of Department of Public Health and Informatics in BSMMU, Dr. Faisal Mahmud, SBCC Advisor of Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, F. M. Iqbal, Outreach Manager of the same organization, Sharif Hossain Saimum, Project Manager and Khairuzzaman Kamal, Secretary general BMSF.
The course is being conducted directly by senior journalists and BMSF communication officers Syed Sofi and Shapla Rahman. BMSF is implementing this program by training 500 journalists in 20 districts of Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal and Mymensingh between July-September, 2020. Earlier, courses were completed in 5 districts of Chattogram Division.
In the first phase, 500 journalists are being given this training, but later more journalists will be given this training too. Those interested can contact the mail address [email protected].
