GUWAHATI : Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today handed out Media Fellowship Awarding Letters to 20 journalists of the state at a programme held at Sri Sri Madhavdeva International Auditorium to encourage in-depth study and aid research oriented solution to different socio-cultural issues.
It may be noted that awarding media fellowship to the journalists is the first ever scheme of its kind launched at the state under the aegis of the Information and Public Relations Department under the leadership of the Chief Minister.
Chief Minister Sonowal also ceremoniously flagged-off a conducted press tour of the rural media persons on goodwill mission to Rajasthan. The honoured journalists have been selected from across the state for the conducted press tour which will go from 23 May to 3 June, 2018 and the journalists would embark on their journey by flight tomorrow.
Sonowal said that the Media Fellowship would be extended include more journalists. Acknowledging the role of the journalists in highlighting the issues and representing the aims and aspirations of the people of the state. He also said that to create value based society and good people, all four pillars of the society namely executive, legislature, judiciary and press have to work in unison.
