Solomons win top award in India ( IIMC NEWS)

SOLOMON Islands came at the top of other third world media trainees when its journalist won the top media academic award at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in New Delhi last week.Solomon Star reporter, George Herming won the top award and scored a footmark recognition for Solomon Islands at the Institute as well as from journalists in other developing nations from Africa, Asia, Central Europe and Latin America.Mr Herming was the first Solomon Islands journalist to attend a four months training course in Development Journalism at IIMC in India.The training program was funded by the Indian government under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) program for mid-career journalists from developing countries around the world.The program is aimed at training journalists in the broad field of development in relation to third world countries and how the media can help in critically promoting development issues affecting the third world.Herming said the course is intensive and involves a lot of interactive and cross-cultural learning experiences from his colleagues and media professionals from India.“I enjoyed the course and more importantly the useful knowledge relating to development issues affecting the developing world,” he said. “Not only that but the extensive exchange of cultural and social information from my colleagues from the developing world is also very useful to broaden my knowledge on what is happening in other places,” he added.He said he is pleased with the successful completion of the course and is now prepared to use the additional knowledge and skills acquired from the training program to move on in his job in Solomon Islands.
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