They are children, but they do not spare even ministers when they effortlessly slip into the role of journalists.
Published : 20 Apr 2015, 01:27 AM
And they have no plans to switch career once done with their studies. They just want to be journalists with more skills.
Around 150 of such young journalists gathered at Dhaka’s Hotel Radisson Blu Water Garden on Sunday.
The gathering was to mark the launch of the book ‘Amar Kotha, Amader Kotha (My voice, our voices),’ a collection of 101 reports and essays written by children and adolescent journalists.
Asked how it felt to be speaking to top government officials to make a report, he said, “They pay special attention while listening to me.
“Not only this, our UNO sir asks for my opinion on many occasions to solve problems. So I do some homework before talking to them.”
HSC first-year student of Dhaka’s Uttara High School and College Sajibul Hasan also said people took him seriously when he would introduce himself.
Hasan has two reports picked for the book. They are on unhealthy environment of bakeries and mosquito.
He said he had plans to continue journalism along with studies.
Jubayer Al Mahmud, who sat the SSC exams this year from Rajshahi’s Agrani School and College, said he liked chemistry.
“I will also try to enrol at engineering and medical colleges. But I wish to continue journalism no matter what career I pick,” he said.
“I like journalism, so I want to continue it,” she said.
Similar was the dream of Shakib Al Azad and Rafsan Talim, grade IV students of Dhaka Residential Model School and College, Viqarunnisa Noon School and College’s 10th grader Tanjum Rahman and Sabikunnahar, grade VII student of Rupnagar Pilot School and College. Bangladesh’s first-ever specialised children’s news service website hello.bdnews24.com was launched on Mar 13, 2013.
Mostly children and adolescent journalists are involved in content development, starting from newsgathering to presentation on the website.
The news-based website is administered by bdnews24.com.